InFarm Expands in North-East USA & Plans Qatar Expansion

Good morning readers, InFarm plans expansion in Northeastern USA & Qatar, groundbreaking partnerships, funding rounds, new products, and much more!

Here are the 10 most important news of the week for the indoor vertical farming sector:

1- New Largest Infarm Growing Centre will supply the Northeastern US

Infarm, the rapidly growing global urban farming company, announced the establishment of its third Growing Centre in the US and the largest Infarm Growing Centre to date. After successfully expanding in Seattle, and Austin (Texas), Infarm will now implement a growing center in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland.

As part of the company’s US-expansion roadmap, Infarm will roll out its network of cloud-connected farming facilities with a size of over 46.500m2 (500,521 sqft) throughout the country. The new growing center in Maryland will increase its size by 18.600m2 (200,208 sqft) and produce up to 45 million crops per year hence, adding to its impressive network of farms globally. The center will also generate over 50 jobs in the County.

“We’re thrilled that Infarm has chosen Howard County for this expansion of its innovative, data-driven vertical farming operation,” said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. “Maryland’s strategic location makes it an ideal site for the new Growing Centre and will allow the company to bring its nutritious produce to millions of new customers on the East Coast. We are proud to welcome Infarm to Maryland’s business community and applaud its commitment to unique and sustainable farming methods.”

In an interview with Qatar Economic Forum, its CEO, Etez Galonska also stated that the company will open a large growing facility in Qatar by next year following their USD 200 million funding round led by Qatar Investment Authority in December 2021.

2- Bowery Farming Announces Partnership With Unfold?

Bowery Farming, the largest vertical farming company in the U.S, and Unfold, an industry-leading seed and digital solutions company advancing the vertical farming industry, announced a partnership to create great tasting, locally produced vegetables through new seed varieties.

3- IGS Partners With CubicAcres To Deliver Tech To East-Coast USA

Scottish Indoor-ag specialist Intelligent Growth Solutions announced a new strategic partnership agreement with Long Island-based CubicAcres, which will see the grower expand its commercial operations to deliver high-quality, sustainably grown crops for consumption on the East Coast of the USA.?

4- Re-Nuble Lands Re-Nu Terra & Partners With Cruz Foam

As Re-Nuble pioneers, the reutilization of localized and food safe, vegetative food waste into sustainable growing products for indoor growers, the partnership with Cruz Foam’s development expertise and Re-Nuble’s commercialization of organic inputs and ReNu Terra, a highly engineered, fully traceable and compostable grow media that eliminates food waste and creates an efficient closed-loop agriculture system.

5- Light Science Technologies Launches All-In-One SensorGROW

Light Science Technologies (LST) has announced the launch of sensorGROW, an all-in-one growing intelligence tool aimed at giving indoor farmers better environmental control while saving costs and reducing waste.

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