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Is Plant Biology How CEA Fixes Its Business Model?
The Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) industry finds itself at a crossroads. Recent bankruptcies have spotlighted the sector’s struggle with profitability,…
March 10, 2024

The CEA Industry in February 2024
The CEA industry saw a month of highs and lows in February. On one end, we saw the largest fundraise…
March 4, 2024

Is the future in the country?
When we first started Contain, we thought that the bulk of our clients would be urban farmers. Indeed, we have…
February 26, 2024

Contain Inc Unveils Vendor Showcases and Enhanced Insights Platform to Serve the Indoor Agriculture Industry
Contain, a fintech hub for indoor agriculture, today announced the launch of two projects designed to empower farmers and vendors.…
February 13, 2024

Indoor Agriculture Industry in January 2024
January was a month of recovery for the indoor agriculture industry. Some new funding rounds were announced and there was…
February 5, 2024

Ten Urban Farming Grants To Boost Your Grow In 2024
With venture capital getting harder to find, as we’ve described in an earlier post, urban farming grants seem like a…
January 22, 2024

Five Ways to Up Your Vertical Farm Funding Odds in 2024
There’s no hiding that the vertical farm funding environment has been tough over the past year. The bad news is…
January 15, 2024

Five Farm Projects That Give Us Hope for Controlled Environment Agriculture
The controlled environment agriculture industry may be having a rough time right now, but there are plentiful signs of hope…
January 8, 2024

2023 CEA Funding In Review
In many ways, 2023 was an “annus horribilis” for CEA funding. As interest rates rose and venture capitalists retreated from…