BrightFarms Expands High-Tech Indoor Farming Across America
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BrightFarms Opens Newest and Largest Greenhouse in Pennsylvania
“Dominick Mack, BrightFarms director of operations, said the 300,000 square-foot greenhouses would grow to produce year-round and faster than by conventional methods. Groundbreaking was in May. Water-filled ponds were built…
{The Wall Street Journal} BrightFarms Raises $55 Million in New Funding Round
Indoor farming specialist will use backing to expand a greenhouse network that grows produce close to metropolitan areas, reducing shipping costs June 28, 2018: 10:00am ET Indoor farming startup BrightFarms…
{CB Insights} The Ag Tech Market Map: 80+ Startups Powering The Future Of Farming And Agribusiness
Corporate investors such as Mitsui, Monsanto, and Syngenta have backed startups improving irrigation, crop spraying, harvesting, and more. As population growth increases the need to ramp up food production, tech…
{fastcoexist.com} The Future of Urban Farming Might Actually Be Suburban Farming
After dealing with the high costs and logistical nightmares of developing in urban areas, one farming startup realized that they could streamline their process by moving just a bit outside…
{SupermarketGuru} Bright Ideas at BrightFarms
Earlier this month, BrightFarms, a start-up that's goal is to revolutionize the US food supply chain by creating the first national brand of local produce, kicked off its Chicagoland…
Startups Take a Shine to Urban Agriculture; Can They Reward Investors?
A BrightFarms greenhouse in Pennsylvania Using a smartphone, Jon Friedman can run a whole network of high-tech, urban farms. His company, Freight Farms, developed an app that allows farmers to…
BrightFarms Partners with Giant Food
Grocer to retail year-round local produce from Washington, DC greenhouse
{Fast Company} BrightFarms Named #2 on List of World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Food
2. BrightFarms For pulling gas-belching 18-wheelers off the road. BrightFarms works with the big grocers to harvest lettuce, tomatoes, and herbs on-site (or nearby) in large hydroponic greenhouses. This has resulted…