Bowery Farming, Unfold announce new partnership

Bowery Farming, one of the largest vertical farming company's in the U.S, and Unfold, an industry leading seed and digital solutions company advancing the vertical farming industry, announced a partnership "to create great tasting, locally produced vegetables through new seed varieties" per a press release,  

“The partnership will give us an even stronger foundation to address the biggest food challenges facing our world, from sustainability and food security to year-round access to nutritious produce,” said Henry Sztul, Chief Science Officer, Bowery. “With our R&D team working alongside Unfold, we will expand the wide variety of crops we can grow in Bowery’s indoor controlled environments, which will ultimately benefit the broader industry.”  

The resulting plant varieties, the release says. "will increase Bowery’s produce output while lowering the production costs, making vegetables more accessible to everyone." Bowery has identified two new higher-yielding Romaine varieties available exclusively from Unfold that it aims to trial in early 2023.  

“We don’t see ourselves as another seed provider. We strive to operate as a powerful complement to our partners’ R&D teams and provide deep collaborations that will result in quicker, more targeted innovation.” said John Purcell, CEO and President, Unfold. “We are still in the burgeoning stages of vertical farming, but I’m convinced that with industry partnerships like the one between Unfold and Bowery, we’ll improve the long term success of the industry."