Top 12 articles of 2024

A lot has happened this year in the controlled environment agriculture industry. From new funding and expanding operations to recalls and hurricane recovery, these 12 stories captured our readers' attention. Here are our top 12 articles by pageviews:

1. Rooftop Empire

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Gotham Greens’ Viraj Puri and Jenn Frymark share the grower’s formula for successful, calculated expansion.

2. Checking in on CEA

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Industry stakeholders discuss the biggest opportunities, challenges and stories in CEA.

3. BrightFarms recalls spinach and salad kits

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The voluntary recall was due to possible listeria contamination as a result of supplier Element Farms' recall.

4. Hippo Harvest announces $21 million Series B funding led by Standard Investments

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The funding will be used to scale the company's greenhouse operations and to expand its product offerings into new categories of leafy greens.

5. Mucci Farms expands operations with acquisition of Greenhill Produce

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Mucci Farms has expanded its greenhouse acreage with the acquisition of the 150-acre Greenhill Produce.

6. Little Leaf Farms announces new greenhouse in Pennsylvania

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Little Leaf Farms is now operating the largest leafy greens campus in North America with its new Pennsylvania greenhouse.

7. From farm to pharmacy

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Learn about Tufts University’s efforts to integrate food-based nutrition programs into the health care system.

8. DENSO and Certhon introduce Artemy, a fully automated cherry truss tomato harvesting robot

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The 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) robot is equipped with advanced vision technology for scanning the crop by its maturity and harvests ripe truss tomatoes.

9. Trump threatens 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada in move that could hurt horticulture

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President-elect Trump posted on Truth Social that he would institute tariffs on his first day in office, possibly making imported horticultural goods far more expensive for growers.

10. After the storm

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How hurricanes Helene and Milton impacted the horticulture industry this fall.

11. Lighting the path to perfect potted herbs

Photo courtesy of Sean Tarr and Roberto Lopez

Optimize your growth strategies for basil, mint, oregano, thyme, sage and rosemary.

12. How the FSMA Food Traceability Final Rule will affect your CEA business

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Successful implementation will require collaboration within companies and with their customers and suppliers.