Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Phil Lempert covers breaking news and trends in food and retail. Irving Fain is an indoor vertical farming pioneer who says, after ...

Vertical farms look hi-tech and sophisticated, but the premise is simple—plants are grown without soil, with their roots in a solution containing nutrients. This innovative approach to agriculture is ...

What if the future of farming didn’t involve sprawling fields or endless rows of crops under the open sky? What if the solution to feeding a growing global population lay not in expanding farmland but ...

For decades, food security in the Gulf was framed as a logistical challenge. Countries with limited arable land and harsh ...

Vertical farming provides a promising solution to the challenge of feeding a growing global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, according to the World Bank, amidst shrinking arable land ...

Vertical farm Oishii, known for its premium strawberries and more recently a high-end tomato, is building out a larger, more sustainable facility that will increase its production capacity by ...

One of NextFood's instore farms sits in one of Denmark's largest hamburger chains. The store has NextFood's automatic in-store grow system in the restaurants. Crops are harvested after the consumer ...

Think about the lettuce on your plate. Chances are, it traveled about 1,500 miles to reach your fork. In the US, lettuce travels about 1,500 miles (2,414 km) to get from farm to fork. That journey ...