Two days at J-AGRI Tokyo 2026: A closer look at agricultural technology in Japan
Two days at J-AGRI Tokyo 2026 offered a firsthand look at Japan's agricultural technology sector. From industrial robotics and digital twins to vertical farming…
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VerticalFarming.blog at J-AGRI Tokyo 2026: Meet Us at Makuhari Messe
VerticalFarming.blog will be on site at J-AGRI Tokyo 2026 as press. The show runs from October 7 to 9, 2026 at Makuhari Messe in…
Canada Opens the Door to Pesticides in Vertical Farms
Since 2022, every compliant vertical farm in Canada has been pesticide-free by law. Growers didn't have a say in it: no pest control product…
Vertical Farming May Be Solving the Wrong Energy Problem
What would we do differently if clean, reliable electricity were no longer one of the defining constraints of indoor agriculture? For years our industry…
Why Does McCain, the Frozen Fries Giant, Keep Funding a Vertical Farm?
McCain Foods, the world's largest maker of frozen potato products, has been the largest shareholder in a Canadian vertical farm since 2018. Eight years,…
If LEDs Need Heat Added Back, Was HPS Really So Inefficient?
LEDs made greenhouse lighting far more efficient. But high-pressure sodium lamps never delivered only light. They also put out a lot of heat, and…
Edible Garden (EDBL) 2026: Going Concern, Debt and Nasdaq Risk
On August 14, 2026, Edible Garden AG told investors that revenue had grown 12.8 percent, losses had narrowed and sales were up 31.2 percent.…
How to Calculate Your Vertical Farm’s Energy Demand (With Benchmarks)
Commercial vertical farm operators rarely publish their electricity bills. They'll talk about facility area, output, water savings, or number of growing layers, not kWh…
Why Vertical Farming Needs More Keiretsu (系列, けいれつ)
Japan spent decades building corporate networks around long-term relationships, shared knowledge and mutual dependence. Vertical farming does not need to copy that system. But…
Why the West Walks Away, and Japan Doesn’t: What Infinite Acres’ Collapse Really Shows Us
On September 8, 2026, a Dutch court declared Infinite Acres bankrupt. If you've followed vertical farming for more than a year, that name should…
Infinite Acres Declared Bankrupt in the Netherlands
On September 8, 2026, the district court in The Hague declared Infinite Acres Holding B.V. and Infinite Acres B.V. bankrupt. It is a small,…
80 Acres Farms Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Inside the Liquidation of a Twelve-Company Structure
Few weeks after announcing it was winding down, 80 Acres Urban Agriculture, Inc. and eleven affiliated companies, including Soli Organic itself, filed for Chapter…