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“You’re standing in the future,” says Irving Fain, the mastermind of the operation. Fain is the founder and chief executive of Bowery Farming, a leader among a nascent crop of companies trying to revolutionise the world’s food supply through vertical farming.

Bowery is among a rapidly growing crop of high-rise urban farming companies that are changing the very concept of agriculture, as well as the way fresh produce gets to us.

These strawberries were grown in a New Jersey warehouse — and they may revolutionize how Americans eat

Products of the Week: Bowery Farming Salad Kits
The largest vertical farming company in the U.S., Bowery is attempting to grow its customer base with a new line of ready-to-eat salads. The forkable and flavorful kits come in three varieties.

Bowery Farming Offers Three New Salad Kits
“At Bowery, our mission is to grow food smarter, for more people, in more places,” Katie Seawell, chief commercial officer, said in a news release.





Bowery Farming expands product offerings with new ready-to-eat salad kits
Bowery announces the launch of salad kits, expanding product offerings into the ready-to-eat category. With the introduction of three salad kit flavors featuring forkable greens, bold flavor, + crunchy toppings


Caffè Panna And Bowery Farming Team Up For A Delicious Collaboration
Caffè Panna, one of New York City’s buzziest ice cream shops, is celebrating the end of summer with a sweet collaboration. They’ve partnered up with Bowery Farming, a vertical farming company…


One of NJ’s Largest Vertical Farms is Still Growing: Take a Look Inside – feature + video
You wouldn’t know it from outside of industrial warehouses lined up alongside the Hackensack River, but inside is where some of the freshest produce in the state is crafted and grown…


Bowery Farming, Unfold partner to create great tasting, locally produced veggies
Bowery Farming joins Unfold’s Innovation Partner Program to accelerate the development of new plant varieties specifically for the vertical farming industry



At this vertical farm, green thumbs aren’t required
Bowery Farming, an over-600-person operation that has the capacity to produce more than 47 million servings of leafy greens per year across its three US-based vertical farms, with the help of a proprietary OS.


Gov. Tom Wolf visits new vertical farm in Bethlehem
The state invested about $460,000 into the project. Wolf says it has created 70 full-time jobs that will last over the next three years.


Intersection of food and technology comes to former Bethlehem Steel brownfield with Pennsylvania’s largest indoor vertical farm
Officials with the New York company say it is the largest vertical farming company in the U.S., and that the new farm is the largest, most technologically advanced and sustainable farm in Pennsylvania.





Bowery opens a new vertical farm in Pennsylvania
Bowery says its new farm will be powered by 100% renewable energy coupled with water capture and filtration designed to cycle runoff back into the system.


Onward and upward as Bowery Farming officially opens
Instead of planting in the ground –– or even in soil –– Bowery grows lettuce and herbs hydroponically and uses LED lights to mimic the spectrum of the sun.


Indoor Farms Are Expanding Way Beyond Leafy Greens
Last month, Bowery Farming, which currently has locations in Kearny, New Jersey, and Nottingham, Maryland, added strawberries to its roster of products…



Vertical farms have the vision, but do they have the energy?
New York-based Bowery Farming told us each of its growing operations runs on 100% renewable energy, including hydropower.


Vertical farming grows up
Bowery Farming has expanded to Bethlehem, Pa., and Baltimore, but the agriculture sciences team remains in Kearny, keeping New Jersey the company’s epicenter for food innovation







Vertical Farms Expand as Demand for Year-Round Produce Grows
Bowery will create and retain at least 70 full-time jobs within the next three years and pledged to invest at least $32 million, Pennsylvania officials said.





Bowery Farming Partners with The Nature Conservancy to Support Rewilding Efforts Through ‘Rewild the Land’ Initiative
Bowery Farming, the largest vertical farming company in the U.S., is proud to announce a partnership with The Nature Conservancy for Earth Month.



Bowery Farming Focuses on Sustainable Food Chain With Vertical Farming Process
Bowery Farming’s vertical growing process allows it to cultivate 13 types of greens — and now, strawberries — in a sustainable way that’s also faster than traditional farming.



High-tech strawberries arrive at city markets
For three years, a team of agricultural scientists at Bowery Farming have been testing dozens of strawberries, looking for a cultivar that would grow well at the firm’s indoor vertical farms.




These strawberries were grown in a New Jersey warehouse — and they may revolutionize how Americans eat
The berries, which taste the same during the peak of summer and depths of winter, are part of an ambitious effort to change how fruits and vegetables are grown and how Americans eat.





The Biggest Vertical Farm in the U.S. Wants to Give Strawberries a Try
After success with salad greens and herbs, Bowery Farming—backed by celebrity chef José Andrés—is tackling the tough-to-grow fruit.





Vertical Farm Expands From Greens to Better Berries
José Andrés taste tests some of the latest crops at a warehouse in Kearny, N.J., owned by Bowery Farming Inc., a 7-year-old company that’s grown into the largest vertical farming operation in the U.S.







Peak Strawberry Season Arrives a Little Early in New York
Bowery Farming, which, despite its name, grows greens in a giant indoor facility in Kearny, N.J., has just introduced Bowery Strawberries, two varieties packed together in 4-ounce containers.




The Lowdown: Bowery’s strawberry bot buyout
Last week, New York vertical farming company Bowery announced that it had acquired Mountain View, California-based ag robotics startup Traptic for an undisclosed sum.





Following acquisition by Bowery, Traptic’s strawberry-picking robotics pivot to vertical farming
Last Friday, New York-based vertical farming company Bowery closed its acquisition of Traptic for an undisclosed sum.


When Life Gets You Down, These Veggies Can Pump You Back Up
Cheeky campaign called ‘Feel Good Greens’ comes from agency Colossus for startup Bowery Farming




Bowery’s KKR-led $150m credit facility may hint at robust business model, industry inflection point
Bowery secured a $150 million credit facility from leading global private equity firm and broke ground on two new farms in the Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro areas.







Bowery Farming unveils 2 new facilities in Georgia, Texas
New York, N.Y.-based Bowery Farming Inc. has expanded its footprint and added two new farms to its network: Locust Grove, Ga.-based Locust Grove Farm and Arlington, Texas-based Arlington Farm.




Meet the Urban Farmers Shaping the Future of the $5 Trillion Agriculture Industry
Bowery is among a rapidly growing crop of high-rise urban farming companies that are changing the very concept of agriculture, as well as the way fresh produce gets to us.





The Bowery Farming TC-1
While dozens of vertical farms have sprouted in the past decade, few have attracted the amount of attention that New Jersey-based Bowery Farming enjoys.


The potential solutions to food supply problems
From lettuce to basil, where some of your food comes from could be changing. Indoor vertical farming is gaining traction in the food industry.


This Frittata Is the Star of Your Next Brunch
Chef Eric Adjepong makes Salmon and Arugula Frittata with Pesto, plus two other recipes on this week’s installment of Chefs at Home.


Farms Don’t Need to Be Outside Anymore
The Kearny, New Jersey, farm is part of Bowery Farming, the biggest “vertical farming” company in the United States.







No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology.
Bowery, the largest vertical-farming company in the United States, manipulates light, humidity, temperature and other conditions to grow produce.


This Exclusive Recipe From A Top Chef Is Packed With Gut-Friendly Ingredients
At Bowery Farming, they’re growing sustainable produce right near cities like New York and Baltimore—and at this time of year, there’s a super fun green in season: sorrel.


‘Top Chef’ star makes the perfect lobster roll for summer
Chef Eric Adjepong teaches you how to make a lobster roll with green sorrel aioli just in time for Memorial Day weekend.






Is indoor farming about to have a moment?
Bowery just raised $300 million from investors, just the latest in a string of further investments into the sector. Is it ready to break out in a big way?


Indoor vertical farming startup Bowery Farming raises $300 million
Bowery Farming said on Tuesday it raised $300 million in its latest funding round, valuing the company at $2.3 billion as the pandemic shed light on the importance of securing local food supply.




Bowery bags ‘biggest-ever’ vertical farming raise with $300m Series C
Bowery has closed a $300 million Series C round, marking what it claims is the largest-ever funding for a vertical farming startup.





Indoor farming company Bowery raises $300M
The round, which brings its total funding north of $472 million, values the company at $2.3 billion.







Onward and upward for vertical farming
Bowery Farming, a high-tech vertical farming company that grows greens indoors, has raised $300 million in funding at a valuation of $2.3 billion, it will announce today. The round was led by Fidelity.





Farm Startup With Ties to NYC History Hits $2.3 Billion in Value
Bowery Farming Inc., the indoor-agriculture company whose name is derived from the Dutch farms that once thrived in Manhattan, raised $300 million in a funding round that sets its value at $2.3 billion.





Success of indoor farming no longer an if question but when
Ahead of Indoor AgTech, Irving Fain, CEO & Founder at Bowery Farming discusses how we can rapidly grow the indoor farming sector through investment and controlled environment agriculture.


The Green New Farm
By tracking everything, Bowery can trace properties in their greens directly to the growing conditions.





Bowery Farming Brings Its Vertically Grown Greens to Albertsons Stores
Indoor ag company Bowery Farming announced today a partnership with Albertsons that will put Bowery’s vertically grown greens into hundreds of grocery stores.





Bowery Farming Brings Its Vertically Grown Greens to Albertsons Stores
Indoor ag company Bowery Farming announced today a partnership with Albertsons that will put Bowery’s vertically grown greens into hundreds of grocery stores.



Albertsons expands vertically farmed produce assortment
Albertsons has expanded its selection of vertically farmed produce to 111 Safeway and 164 Acme stores on the East Coast.


Bowery Farming Announces Expansion of its Protected Produce to Albertsons Companies’ Safeway and Acme Stores Across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
This Partnership Will Initially Extend Bowery’s Reach to 275 New Stores, Expanding Bowery’s Produce to Nearly 800 Stores and Accelerating Its Position as the Largest U.S. Vertical Farming Company



Food safety starts with traceability
Bowery Farming is vertically integrated, meaning they control all aspects of their supply chain.


Make This Spicy Coconut Chickpea Curry At Home
Chef Eric Adjepong, Top Chef finalist, James Beard Award winner and Bowery Farming Culinary Advisor, is in his home kitchen making Coconut Chickpea Curry with Mustard Frills.


How an Indoor Farm Uses Technology to Grow 80,000 Pounds of Produce per Week
At Bowery, innovations in light, water, and other growing technologies enable the multi-level operation to grow sustainable produce optimized for flavor.





Bowery’s Founder, Irving Fain, on the Future of Vertical Farming
Given the increased confidence in the vertical farming sector as a whole, now looks to be the optimal time to move towards Bowery’s ambitions.


Bowery CTO Injong Rhee on the grand challenge of AI for indoor farming
Founded in 2015, Bowery Farming has introduced a number of major changes in recent weeks





Bowery Farming Appoints New Chief Technology Officer, Injong Rhee
Bowery Farming has appointed Injong Rhee as Chief Technology Officer (CTO),


Bowery Farming appoints former Google exec as CTO
New York City-based vertical farming company, Bowery Farming, has appointed former Google Internet of Things (IoT) VP and general manager, Injong Rhee, as its new chief technology officer (CTO)







Bowery Farming appoints Google vet Injong Rhee as chief tech officer
Injong Rhee will be the chief technology officer at Bowery Farming, reporting to CEO and founder Irving Fain, according to a news release.




Smart agriculture startup Bowery Farming hires a Google veteran as CTO
The five-year-old Manhattan-based company has hired Google and Samsung veteran Injong Rhee as its new chief technology officer.



Bowery Farming Launches New Farmers Selection Product Line
As winter continues to leave a chill in the air, Bowery Farming is looking to add a little bit of spice to the produce aisles.







The Vertical Farmer Selects
Bowery Farming has introduced a new line, Farmer’s Selection, and its first green is a tangy mustard “frill.”


Bowery Farming Launches ‘Farmer’s Selection’ Line of Greens, Debuts Mustard Frills
Bowery’s Mustard Frills — hearty mustard greens with a tingly start and a fiery, wasabi-style finish — are the first greens released under Farmer’s Selection





Bowery Farming Launches New Product Category, Farmer’s Selection, With Release of Mustard Frills
Bowery Farming unveils a new “Farmer’s Selection” product category, a line of rotating, small-batch, wildly flavorful, next-generation greens, curated by their R&D team.







Bowery Farming launches product category with mustard frills
New York-based Bowery Farming has unveiled a line of rotating, small-batch greens in its Farmer’s Selection line.



Get the Details on Eric Adjepong’s Exciting New Role
Bravo’s Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio is also involved in the the cheftestant’s new gig.





Farmer’s Selection: small-batch greens offered for a limited time
This winter, Bowery is introducing a new product line called Farmer’s Selection.


What Hollywood Is Buzzing About This Week
Add Bowery Mustard Frills to your next salad for a wasabi-like pop.



What 8 indoor ag companies plan for 2021
Bowery Farming, based in New York City, plans to invest its 600 percent increase in sales last year into a new vertical farm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 2021.





Bowery’s CEO sits down with PA’s secretary of Community and Economic Development
Bowery CEO and Founder discusses PA expansion.



Bowery Farming Expands With The Addition Of A New Farm
Bowery Farming announced its expansion with a new farm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the company’s largest commercial farm yet.


Bowery Farming Brings Indoor Vertical Farm to Bethlehem
New York-based Bowery Farming is set to build its fourth and largest facility on the nearly 9-acre Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII site in south Bethlehem.





Bowery Announces Its ‘Most Technologically Advanced’ Indoor Farm
Controlled-environment agriculture company Bowery is set to open its largest indoor farm to date.


Bowery Farming’s Irving Fain on Food, Sustainability, and Growing the Farm of the Future
As the founder & CEO of Bowery Farming, [Fain’s] excitement for the future of agriculture is contagious; his relentless push to make agriculture more sustainable has led to advances in vertical indoor farming.





Climate-Tech Startups to Watch in 2021
Bowery Farming named among top 46 climate-tech startups to watch in 2021.



The city’s high-tech vertical farmers have been boosted by pandemic demand
Bowery, which is headquartered in Chelsea, has raised $173 million to build a system of indoor vertical farms that it says is among the largest and most sophisticated in the nation.


Fortt Knox x Bowery Farming
At a time when we’re thinking about healthy food and locally grown food, Bowery Farming is applying technology to the problem.



How indoor farming is shaping the future of the agriculture and curbing climate change
Bowery Farming Founder & CEO joins Yahoo Finance’s On The Move panel to discuss how the vertical farming company has expanded into more than 650 U.S. stores.




A.I. gets down in the dirt as precision agriculture takes off
Bowery Farming, based in New York, is building vast indoor farms where every aspect of the growing conditions, from temperature and humidity to the amount and type of light, can be controlled.




Hans Tung on Bowery Farming, IPO market and ByteDance
Irving Fain, Bowery Farming founder and CEO, and Hans Tung, GGV Capital managing partner and a Bowery Farming investor, join ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss the future of vertical farming.







A New Lettuce With Crunch
Bowery Farming’s Crispy Leaf lends texture to dishes that can use it, like salads and tacos.



Bowery Farming Cilantro Wins Editor’s Pick
Bowery Farming Cilantro named one of Progressive Grocer’s best new products of 2020.


Indoor farm in Maryland thriving amid pandemic catches eye of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue
Modernizing and embracing change in traditional agriculture could help preserve farms and enhance their ability to bring fresh, healthy products to consumers, Perdue said at a tour of Bowery’s Maryland farm.




How this company plans to keep produce safe in the age of coronavirus
Watch our CEO and Co-Founder, Irving Fain, share with CNBC how Bowery is supporting retail partners with a safe, reliable, and consistent supply of produce.


How toxic waste and robotic farms could save us from global drought
Bowery Farming is innovating the agriculture industry by growing crops using 95% less water than a traditional farm.


How Sustainable Food Chains Thrive Amid Global Pandemic
While many facets of the cold chain experience hiccups during the COVID-19 crisis, vertical farms and sustainable solutions help to maintain waste and energy in the supply chain.



Indoor Farming Emerges as a Reliable Source for Fresh Food as Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc on Traditional Food Supply Chains
The coronavirus has laid bare many issues in America’s food supply chain. Could indoor farming be the solution? Irving Fain, CEO of Bowery Farming, joined Cheddar to discuss.


Revolutionizing Agriculture With Bowery, The Modern Farming Company
Bowery is a modern farming company growing pure produce and revolutionizing agriculture.







Bowery Farming introduces crispy leaf lettuce
Crispy leaf is grown at Bowery’s farms in Kearny, N.J., and White Marsh, Md. Beginning in June, it will be in more than 250 grocery stores in the Tri-State area and Mid-Atlantic region, as well as online.







How indoor, vertical Bowery Farming is faring during COVID-19
Bowery Farming is one of the dozen or so indoor vertical farm companies cropping up nationwide the last several years that are being taken seriously since the process proved its commercial scalability.


The Google-backed startup that’s raised $172M+ to build vertical farms across the US
Bowery Farming’s Katie Seawell (CMO) and Carmela Cugini (EVP of Sales) discuss grocery and online food delivery in the age of COVID-19.



Diversify the food chain
According to the World Food Program, the COVID-19 pandemic could double the number of low- and middle-income people impacted by food insecurity by the end of 2020.


Vertical Farms Boom as COVID-19 Bolsters Appetite for Locally Grown Food
The industry is benefiting from the pandemic as consumers crave healthy, regional produce.



Vertical Farms Boom as COVID-19 Bolsters Appetite for Locally Grown Food
The industry is benefiting from the pandemic as consumers crave healthy, regional produce.



Vertical farms see surge in demand for greens grown indoors
Indoor, urban vertical farms are seeing a surge in demand that could signal a lasting change in how we get our fruits and vegetables.





Bowery Farming Increases Produce Donations to Nonprofit Partners
Bowery Farming, the leader in sustainable indoor farming, announced its furthering support for its nonprofit partners by providing over 400 pounds of fresh produce each week during this time of increased need.


Betting the Farm
Bowery’s new farm in Baltimore is one of many businesses proving that soil-free, indoor farming might be the future of healthy, local food.


The truth about leafy greens and E. coli
NBC News investigative and consumer correspondent Vicky Nguyen spoke with Frank Yiannas of the Food and Drug Administration to find out how safe leafy greens are for public consumption.



Microgrids, indoor agriculture go together like peas and carrots
Bowery Farming is one of two vertical farming startups that has signed an energy as a service arrangement with Schneider Electric and Scale Microgrid.







New York’s Bowery Farming hires scientist Newton Kalengamaliro
Newton Kalengamaliro is the new senior agricultural scientist at Bowery Farming, New York City.


Despite a decline in investment in the agtech and food industry, “Novel farming” continues to gain interest
Noting a decline attributed to the decline in food delivery services, “novel farming” is explored as a notable exception. Bowery is highlighted as a company in this space.



An arugula shortage has operations like Bowery Farming filling a need and making a case for CEA to the end consumer
Bowery’s Executive Vice President of Sales Carmela Cugini discusses the company’s approach to arugula in the wake of the shortage.


Bowery is sprouting in Baltimore with a new automated indoor farm
With a mission to democratize food access, the indoor farming startup sees the White Marsh location as a mid-Atlantic hub.


Bowery Farming slides into local Amazon sales as online use grows
Bowery Farming, a startup greens-growing operation in the Northeast, shows that the online market can indeed be navigated.


Bowery Takes #3 Spot on 2019 FoodTech 500 List
Bowery Farming honored for commitment to sustainability and mission-oriented standards.


Office buildings cater to small tenants that outgrow coworking spaces
Bowery Farming moves office to compensate for growth.



Indoor farming looks like it could be the answer to feeding a hot and hungry planet. It’s not that easy
Indoor farming aims to solve some of the greatest issues of our time.




Bowery Raises $50M More For Indoor, Pesticide-Free Farms
With the help of this funding, Bowery plans to scale and drive innovation in 2020.






This Google Ventures-backed indoor farming startup just opened its biggest farm yet
The Baltimore farm is 3.5 times as large as Bowery’s formerly largest farm—and is the latest attempt to make indoor farming work as a way to disrupt the agricultural system.



The future of food: Why farming is moving indoors
The ability to grow fresh, local produce year-round that’s free of pesticides is just one of many reasons we believe the future of farming is indoors.


How Farm Robots are Revolutionizing Agriculture
Bowery Farming is recognized in Built In’s lineup of high-tech farms.





The 100 coolest people in food and drink
Irving Fain, Bowery’s CEO and cofounder, is recognized by Business Insider as one of the 100 coolest people in the world of food and drink.


6 Ways to Launch a Business
What’s the best way to tell the world that your company exists and is open for business? Six entrepreneurs, including Bowery co-founder and CEO Irving Fain, share their strategies and stories.






World Changing Ideas 2019: All the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions
Bowery recognized as a finalist in the Food Category.


The Age of Robot Farmers
At Bowery, the machine is the farm itself. The entire operation has been automated, and the operating system, BoweryOS, makes all the decisions about irrigating, fertilizing, and when to harvest.


Tech connection boosts NY vertical farmers
Workers at Bowery Farming’s warehouse near New York have swapped out a farmer’s hoe for a computer tablet that takes real-time readings of light and water conditions.






World’s Most Innovative Companies
Bowery Farming is dedicated to deploying artificial intelligence to improve indoor farming technology and with it, help more people eat high-quality food.





57 startups that will boom in 2019, according to VCs
Bowery grows pesticide-free produce in indoor farms, often located in cities, managing everything from the seeds to its proprietary, farm-controlling software system.





A Google-backed vertical farm startup just raised another $90 million to build in cities across the US
As the popularity of vertical farms continues to rise, investors have taken note. Less than two years after its launch, indoor agriculture startup Bowery has raised $90 million in Series B funding led by GV.





Uber CEO and Alphabet Invest in Urban Farming Startup
Bowery Farming Inc., a two-year-old startup that uses robotics to cultivate crops indoors, is on track for more growth.




Bowery, an indoor farming startup, raises $90 million more
Bowery just today announced that it has raised $90 million in fresh funding led by GV, with participation from Temasek and Almanac Ventures.




Bowery Raises $90M Series B For Pesticide-Free Farming
Indoor farming startup Bowery has just raised $90 million in a Series B round to help make it easier for people to eat sustainable produce.




Hottest NYC Startups to Watch in 2019
These Silicon Alley companies are making waves across a wide range of industries.






This automated indoor farm is growing so fast, it makes you think this thing might work
Bowery is all about the tech. Its automated system that manages and controls the whole farm–called BoweryOS–is entirely proprietary.



Tech Companies to Watch 2018
The Wall Street Journal spotlights 25 emerging leaders in hot corners of the tech industry.


What It’s Really Like Inside Bowery Farming, a Vertical Farm on the Rise
The Tom Colicchio-backed farm is bringing the movement to new heights.


Alternative Agriculture at Bowery Farming
Bowery had an entire category on Jeopardy! Watch to learn more about our process.



How indoor farming is changing agriculture
In this episode of Smarter Faster: Transformation, a new series that shows how workforces are being trained to land the jobs of tomorrow, we explore how indoor farming is changing agriculture.




5 Artificial Intelligence Companies to Watch in 2018
Expect big things from these tech companies this year.