Tag: AgTech

[Treedom in African Energy Chamber] Sahara Group plants 2,000 trees per annum to remove 450 tonnes of CO2 from atmosphere

Jan 31, 2024 |

As part of a consistent effort to drive sustainability, leading energy conglomerate and infrastructure Sahara Group in partnership with Treedom is planting a minimum of 2,000 trees annually across Africa. These initial set of trees will absorb more than 450 tonnes of CO2 over the next 10 years. This collection of trees called ‘Asharami Groves’ will be planted in the conglomerate’s locations of operation across Africa, starting with Cameroon (900 trees) and Kenya (1,100 trees). Read more...

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[Plenty in Business Insider] I visited an indoor farm in Compton that’s growing leafy greens for Walmart and Whole Foods using robots — and it gave me a peek at the future of farming

Nov 22, 2023 |

Your next package of lettuce could be coming straight outta Compton. Last week, I toured a 100,000-square-foot indoor vertical farm operating in a gritty part of Compton, California. The urban farm run by the Bay Area agricultural-tech startup Plenty is designed to grow up to 4.5 million pounds of leafy greens annually. Read...

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[Plenty in Vertical Farm Daily] Plenty hires VP of plant science and select architecture firm to advance R&D center

Nov 13, 2023 |

Plenty has announced significant updates supporting the development of its new R&D facility. Following the announcement of the project earlier this year, the project steering committee has selected MOA Architecture as the architecture and engineering (A&E) firm. Plenty is also adding Laramie to its leadership team – Sasha Preuss has joined the company as its Vice President of Plant Science. Read...

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[Plenty in PR Newswire] Plenty hires VP of plant science and architecture firm to advance development of world’s largest vertical farming research center

Nov 10, 2023 |

LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced significant updates supporting the development of its new R&D facility, which will be the largest and most technologically advanced indoor vertical farming research center in the world. Following the announcement of the project earlier this year, made possible by Wyoming’s largest economic development grant ever given, the project steering committee has achieved its first major milestone, selecting MOA Architecture as the architecture and engineering (A&E) firm. Plenty is also adding top talent to its Laramie leadership team – Sasha Preuss has joined the company as its Vice President of Plant Science. Building on decades of experience heading up biology and biotech programs and labs for some of the world’s largest agriculture companies, including Bayer and Monsanto, Sasha is now leading Plenty’s team of more than 75 scientists in scaling up the company’s R&D work. Read...

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