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Intravision @intravision.ca · 12/08/2026

The CEA shakeout produced a lot of post-mortems. Nobody's asking what didn't fail. The biological knowledge, the production data, the photobiology systems — none of that files for bankruptcy. New piece on what the consolidators are actually buying.

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The Unnamed Line in the Spreadsheet

On what survives a burst bubble, and what gets left behind.

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 11/08/2026

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Canada committed $750M to controlled environment agriculture in June. It's the largest sectoral line in the food security strategy and the only one with no department, no application window, and no start year attached to it. That gap is the interesting part. Wrote about why:

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The $750 Million Has No Address Yet

What the CEA Growth Pathway's design tells operators about what to buy.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 16/06/2026

It looks mechanical. It is mechanical. But what it's growing might be the cleanest food in the world. No pesticides. Minimal water. Close to the point of consumption. Precision-built health and sustainability. This is not the future. It’s happening now.

Intravision @intravision.ca · 16/06/2026

🌱 Pushing the boundaries of controlled environment agriculture. This isn't just a plant—it's a glimpse into the future of food production. Precision lighting, climate control, and innovation at work. #intravision #AgTech

Intravision @intravision.ca · 16/06/2026

What if we could grow more food, using way less water, anywhere in the world? 💡 25 years of innovation 💧 95% less water use 🌱 2-3x higher yields 🤖 AI-driven precision With GravityFlow™, we’re not just farming—we’re farming smarter. Let’s rethink food production! 🌍

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 24/04/2026

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The EU has 160M ha of farmland but imports 34 M t of soy annually. Mostly to feed livestock. Mostly from Brazil and the US. With tariffs on US soy, that dependency suddenly looks a lot more fragile. Food sovereignty is easy to ignore until it isn't. #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolicy #EUAgriculture

Why does the EU import so many soybeans?

How Brazil's soy boom created a global protein imbalance.

rubecula24.bsky.social @rubecula24.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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Stig Eklund (1978-) Norwegian "Where the River Narrows " 2023 Photographic print on paper

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

NASA recently released a breathtaking image of Earth, as seen from Space.

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 07/04/2026

Norway built the world's most sophisticated salmon industry on someone else's soy. The government has named it a problem. Nobody has named a solution. New piece from @intravision.ca: #Aquaculture #FoodSovereignty #CEA #Norway

Norway's Most Expensive Dependency Nobody Talks About

Norway Knows Its Salmon Industry Has a Soy Problem. The Answer Is Still Missing.

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 10/03/2026

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It looks like a spaceship interior. But this is agriculture. A lot of the technology shaping controlled environments started in space research before quietly migrating back to Earth. #photography #AgTech

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 10/03/2026

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Every forest begins the same way. A fragile shoot reaching toward light. The difference here: the sunrise is programmable. #photography #plantlife

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 10/03/2026

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Agriculture inside controlled environments starts to feel… almost extraterrestrial. #photography #controlledenvironment

Intravision @intravision.ca · 07/03/2026

Mint is one of the most ordinary plants in the world. Its supply chain is not. New research from CESRF at U of Guelph explores whether CEA can make plant production as predictable as engineered infrastructure. We wrote about what the findings mean — and why it matters beyond mint.

The Ordinary Plant and the Fragile Chain

Mint is one of the most familiar plants in the world.

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 19/02/2026

Food safety isn’t just compliance—it’s systems design. Water, inputs, hygiene, temperature, sanitation—each is a variable to control. In controlled environments, many risks can be designed out at the infrastructure level. Less reaction. More prevention. #FoodSafety #CEA #FoodSystems

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Jeff Chilton - Intertek Alchemy

Intravision @intravision.ca · 18/02/2026

Agriculture may be quietly shifting from a yield-optimization problem to a resilience-capacity mandate. Water variability, climate volatility, supply chain exposure — these are operating conditions now. Infrastructure thinking follows.

From Risk Narrative to Infrastructure Response

Agriculture Is Quietly Becoming Resilience Infrastructure

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 30/01/2026

Elevate’s acquisition of Fieldless reflects a broader shift in CEA: moving toward integrated systems that pair technology, operations, and market execution. Food resilience won’t come from tools alone, but from how those tools are embedded, scaled, and deployed in supply chains. #FoodSystems #AgTech

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Elevate Farms Completes Acquisition of Fieldless Farms to Expand CEA in Canada

Elevate Farms Inc. announced the closing of its acquisition of all issued and outstanding securities of Fieldless Farms Inc.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 10/01/2026

This efficiency shift is interesting for CEA. Vertical farms are energy-intensive, no question. But they’re also hyper-efficient on water, inputs, and variance. The real question isn’t “what’s most efficient?” — it’s which constraints matter most where. #AgTech #CEA

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 07/01/2026

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Space-based crop research is intriguing, but the real work happens after discovery. Novel traits still need rigorous testing and translation under controlled, repeatable conditions on Earth. That translation layer is where innovation becomes usable—or doesn’t. #AgTech #CEA #FoodSystems #Biology

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Cannabis Seeds Could Be The Next Frontier For Space AgTech - Cannabis Industry Journal

It's not as far out as you think.

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 07/01/2026

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Thoughtful piece. I largely agree that vertical farming isn’t a solution to global food security. CEA is best understood as strategic infrastructure—supporting resilience, research, and high-value production—rather than a calorie engine. #CEA #FoodSystems #AgTech

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Why vertical farms can't address food security any time soon

The energy economics limit vertical farming's food security potential

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Food security debates often fail because we ask every tool to solve everything. CEA isn’t about replacing fields—it’s about creating controllable environments where risk, research, and resilience can be managed when the rest of the system is under strain. #agtech #foodsecurity #CEA

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Most breakthroughs in agriculture don’t fail in the lab—they fail in translation. Controlled environments are where genetics, lighting, climate, and physiology can be tested together before being scaled—or discarded—responsibly. #foodsystems #agtech #CEA

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Adaptation always looks “uneconomic” right up until it’s unavoidable. The risk isn’t over-investing in CEA—it’s waiting until water, labor, or climate force rushed decisions with fewer options and higher costs. #foodsystems #agtech #CEA

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Leafy greens remain the proving ground for CEA—not because they solve food security, but because they let us measure yield, quality, and efficiency under repeatable conditions. That’s where learning compounds. #CEA #LeafyGreens. #AgTech #FoodSystems

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Medicinal plants may be where controlled environments matter most. Consistency, traceability, and biochemical precision are hard to achieve outdoors—and essential for research and regulated markets. #MedicinalPlants #CEA #AgTech #PlantScience

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High-protein crops raise interesting questions for CEA—not as bulk calories, but as targeted inputs for feed, pharma, and specialty foods. The value isn’t volume, it’s control and efficiency. #ProteinTransition #CEA #AgTech #FutureFood

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 03/01/2026

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Working in vertical farming, this feels spot on. CEA systems are living intersections of biology, software, hardware, and people. Food system resilience shows up not when things run smoothly—but when something breaks. #cybersecurity #agtech #foodsecurity

2025 Was the Year Food and Agriculture Cybersecurity Stopped Being Abstract

Why nothing actually resets at midnight, especially in food and agriculture

Intravision @intravision.ca · 18/12/2025

Energy-to-biomass efficiency isn’t a theoretical footnote — it’s where the economics and sustainability of controlled environments are decided. Quantifying these conversions is how the tech matures. #AgTech #CEA #MolecularFarming

Kilowatts to kilograms: How efficiently can LEDs turn energy into lettuce?

Less than 1% of the energy powering the LEDs ends up in the lettuce head.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 11/12/2025

This piece captures the core bottleneck in botanical therapeutics: biochemical consistency starts with environmental consistency. Controlled-environment systems aren’t just about food — they’re becoming essential research tools for developing reliable, high-value medicinal crops.

Beyond lettuce: The future of plant medicine is in vertical farms

Medicinal plants are vertical farmings next frontier.

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Nature Food @natfood.nature.com · 01/11/2025

Article: Food systems are the single biggest cause of planetary boundary transgressions. In line with the EAT Lancet report, this study estimates food systems boundaries as a share of planetary boundaries, across 9 key indicators. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Identifying the safe operating space for food systems - Nature Food

Consensus exists on the urgent need for food systems to be more sustainable, but defining their environmentally safe operating space is challenging. This study proposes food system boundaries as a sha...

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 23/11/2025

Canada sits on 20% of the world’s freshwater, yet we still treat water like an afterthought. In agriculture we already see how fragile security becomes when supply chains stretch thin. Water will be no different. Efficiency is sovereignty. Good thought piece by @lenispooner.bsky.social

The New Scramble for Canada’s Water and Minerals

Why geography can no longer shield Canada, and how water, critical minerals, and foreign interests are reshaping our sovereignty in the twenty-first century.

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 24/11/2025

How much environmental pressure can the global food system apply before the Earth stops being stable enough to sustain us?

Intravision @intravision.ca · 16/11/2025

Climate volatility is disrupting the very plants our medicines rely on. Controlled environments offer a path from fragile supply chains to local, high-purity medicinal production. Our latest piece explores this shift: #Agritech #Biotech #ControlledEnvironment #MedicinalPlants #PhytoPharma

Cultivating Health: Why the Future of Medicine Will Be Grown Indoors

When Climate Becomes the Variable, Control Becomes the Cure

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 05/11/2025

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Intravision is proud to partner with the world-leading plant science team at the University of Guelph. Together, we’re building frontier tools for the future of agriculture—from Photosystem Chambers™ to the GravityFlow™ vertical farm. Science-led. Systems-built. #AgTech #CEA #Intravision

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Mike Dixon, Thomas Graham, Youbin Zheng - Synergy Award for Innovation - NSERC

NSERC - Synergy Award for Innovation - Mike Dixon, Thomas Graham, Youbin Zheng

Intravision @intravision.ca · 15/10/2025

In controlled environments like Intravision’s, elevated CO₂ can boost growth while avoiding the heat, drought, and nutrient stress that erase those benefits in open fields. The challenge isn’t to dismiss CO₂ effects, but to harness them responsibly.

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 14/10/2025

Wheat under artificial light — a symbol of adaptation. 🌾 At @intravision.ca research like this helps regions facing drought and heat grow staple crops in controlled environments. From the desert to the Arctic, food security begins with photosynthesis made predictable. #FoodSecurity #MENA

Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 14/10/2025

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From food to pharmacy. 🍓 Plants carry more than flavour — they hold chemistry tied to human health. In controlled environments, we study how light, spectrum, and stress shape that potential. Healing, one photon at a time. #Intravision #MedicinalPlants #Photobiology #PlantScience #FutureOfMedicine

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 14/10/2025

The same science designed to sustain astronauts—closed-loop systems recycling air, water, and nutrients—is reshaping how we grow food on Earth. What we learn from space keeps us alive down here. #ESA #Intravision #Photobiology #CircularSystems #FutureOfFood @intravision.ca

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 12/10/2025

With solar now being the world’s cheapest energy source, controlled-environment farming has a stronger foundation. Lower power costs = more accessible, resilient, scalable CEA systems. The math is shifting in favor of clean farms. #CEA #Solar #Sustainability

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Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source

Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 09/10/2025

Vertical farming in hospitals turns healthcare into a food producer. Reduces waste, cuts miles, and strengthens local nutrition security. A real step toward systems that heal. #ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #FoodSystems igrownews.com/vertical-far...

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Vertical Farming in Hospitals: Making Onsite Nutrition a Reality

Explore how vertical farm hospitals are transforming patient nutrition with fresh food grown onsite for better health outcomes.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 09/10/2025

Breaking the greenhouse divide isn’t just rhetoric—it’s necessity. Integrating horticulture, ag, tech, and systems thinking unlocks new efficiencies and resilience. The future of food demands we converge, not fragment. #ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #Sustainability

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Breaking the Greenhouse Divide: Why It’s Time to Unify Horticulture

Danielle Ernster of BioTherm shares why she feels the horticulture industry is too fragmented, and what can be done to unify it.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 09/10/2025

AgTech isn’t just about tech—it’s about talent. The Bahamas’ new AgTech Pilot Cohort is proof that investing in people builds resilient food systems. Great to see nations training a generation ready to feed a changing planet. #AgTech #CEA #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodTech

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Joint programme introduces AgTech Pilot Cohort in Grand Bahama

The Bahamas has launched a groundbreaking AgTech Pilot Cohort in Grand Bahama, joining global nations like Brazil and Nigeria in prioritizing food security through technology.

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Intravision @intravision.ca · 18/09/2025

Food security isn’t about luxury crops — it’s about resilience. Vertical farming must be seen as climate infrastructure: securing food & medicines with radical efficiency. Read more:

Resilience Beyond Growth: Vertical Farming as Climate Infrastructure

Why food and medicine production must become part of our climate abatement strategy

Intravision @intravision.ca · 16/09/2025

Across Europe, governments are backing CEA and greenhouse farming with funding and policy—lowering barriers, driving efficiency, and aligning with EU climate goals. Agriculture isn’t just adapting; it’s being reengineered for resilience. #GreenDeal #AgTech #Intravision