January brought limited private funding activity and decent M&A activity but federal funding headwinds. The USDA paused CEA loan guarantees…
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Inside the World of Indoor Farming, CEA, Financing & Rural Living
Indoor Ag Funding in 2025, and Our Expectations for 2026
For all of the hoopla about high profile failures in the indoor ag sector, 2025 was about nothing if not…
January 12, 2026
November 2025 Indoor Ag Update: Vertical Farming Raises While Public Markets Stumble
November offered some encouraging signs amid a challenging vertical farming environment. Canada’s GoodLeaf Farms closed a major equity round to…
December 10, 2025
October Indoor Ag Update: Signs of Life in New Indoor Farms and Better Equipment Sales
October brought signs of life to the decimated indoor ag sector. Two new indoor farms opened, specialty crop funding continued…
November 10, 2025
September Indoor Ag Update: Vertical Harvest Secures Middle East Investment & Market Consolidation
In a quiet month for indoor agriculture, we saw three new investment rounds announced in September. In total, we saw…
October 11, 2025
August Indoor Ag Update: M&A Galore & Indoor Specialty Crops Funding
If there was a theme to indoor ag’s August, it was greenhouse collabs with two sets of majors making announcements.…
September 6, 2025
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
Five Farms Making a Go of Indoor Agriculture
At Contain, we’re always on the hunt for indoor farming innovations to add to our Insights database of more than…
July 23, 2025
Dyson’s 250% Yield Breakthrough Headlines June AgTech: Vertical Farming Advances, M&A Activity, and Industry Setbacks
June saw the debut of Dyson’s rotating vertical system, along with expansion at Little Leaf Farms and more M&A in…
July 21, 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…