November offered some encouraging signs amid a challenging vertical farming environment. Canada’s GoodLeaf Farms closed a major equity round to…
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July Indoor Ag Update: Acquisitions Accelerate & Funding Returns
Vertical farm funding hit $4.8m in July, while we saw major M&A consolidation with Growcer’s acquisition of Freight Farms assets,…
August 5, 2025
Freight Farms Bankruptcy and iUNU’s $20M Raise Highlight April’s Indoor Ag Contrasts
The Freight Farms bankruptcy naturally dominated April’s news. It masked positive funding announcements, with a new round for automation firm…
May 10, 2025
How to Finance Your Hydroponic Project in 2025: Finding Opportunity in a Shifting Market
Hydroponic financing in 2025 is at a crossroads. Over the past two years, high-profile bankruptcies and funding pullbacks have dominated…
May 4, 2025
Indoor Ag Outlook: Funding Trends and 2025 Projections
In the not-so-distant past of 2020-2022, indoor farming attracted significant venture capital interest. Investors poured millions into vertical farms, as…
January 6, 2025
CEA’s Environmental Impact Defended in August 2024
CEA’s environmental impact was reassessed this month thanks to a new academic study. Though funding was slow, there were acquisitions…
September 8, 2024
Exploring Rooted Robotics and the Future of Automation in Agriculture
At Contain, automation is consistently one of the most popular categories on our Equipped pre-owned equipment marketplace. It’s popular…
July 19, 2024
A Wave of New Indoor Farms in June 2024
June brought several new indoor farms, with a whopping 377k ft2 of vertical farming capacity. Elsewhere, funding remained slow but…
July 7, 2024
New Specialty Crops Highlighted in May 2024
If there was a theme to indoor ag in May, it was new specialty crops moving indoors. We saw moves…
June 9, 2024
USDA funding CEA farms in April 2024
April’s biggest surprise was the USDA funding CEA farms to the tune of $80m. The industry also saw an acquisition…