AGRA's goal is to help bring about a more sustainable agricultural future.
To do this, AGRA will develop and franchise commercial-scale plant factories that take all crops (ultimately staple crops such as wheat, rice and soy) out of the field and vertically stack them indoors, to mitigate their impact and sustainably produce food on earth and beyond.
Globally, there are serious challenges facing our agriculture system, sustainability being chief among them.
Crops are responsible for the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as all road transportation, 30% of global water withdrawals, land degradation, habitat loss, species extinction, deforestation and eutrophication. In addition, agriculture faces looming challenges from climate and socio-economic factors as we progress into the future. If we continue on our current path, we will face challenges in feeding the population while doing untold damage to our world.
Taking crops out of the field and into a vertically stacked indoor environment has the ability to address almost all of these challenges in one solution. Crops in AGRA's farms are grown without sun or soil, using artificial light, a nutrient rich mist and are powered by renewable energy.
To ensure a sustainable and climate-resilient food supply, AGRA aims to develop Plant Factories that outperform existing methods on cost & quality to drive our transition.