Jaarlijks verschijnt de FoodTech500-lijst. Het is een ranking voor wereldwijd ondernemerstalent op het snijvlak van voedsel, technologie en duurzaamheid. In de editie van 2021 werden 58 bedrijven met focus op Controlled Enviroment Agriculture (CEA, oftewel binnenteelt) opgenomen:
| Ranking | Company | Score | Country | Sector |
| 1 | Infarm | 284 | Germany | Vertical farm |
| 2 | Plenty | 281 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 3 | Ynsect | 278 | France | Vertical insect farm |
| 6 | Bowery Farming | 272 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 12 | Protix | 261 | Netherlands | Vertical insect farm |
| 17 | Click & Grow | 252 | Estonia | Smart growing kits |
| 18 | Upward Farms | 252 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 19 | Agrilution | 251 | Germany | Growing cabinet |
| 24 | 80 Acres Farms | 248 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 28 | Myfood | 247 | France | Greenhouses / Growing towers |
| 42 | Freight Farms | 239 | United States | Container farms |
| 58 | Urban Crop Solutions | 231 | Belgium | Farm solutions provider |
| 70 | Oishii Berries | 227 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 72 | Square Roots | 226 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 86 | Algal Tech | 222 | Mexico | Algae tech |
| 94 | Intelligent Growth Solutions | 219 | Scotland | Farm solutions provider |
| 106 | LettUs Grow | 215 | United Kingdom | Container farms |
| 107 | Vertical Future | 214 | United Kingdom | Vertical farm |
| 113 | Cueillette Urbaine | 212 | France | Vertical farm |
| 122 | 9Growers | 210 | India | Vertical farm |
| 125 | Yasai | 210 | Switzerland | Vertical farm |
| 127 | Zero Carbon Farms | 210 | United Kingdom | Vertical farm |
| 135 | Babylon Micro Farms | 207 | United States | Growing cabinet |
| 147 | Iunu | 204 | United States | Software |
| 155 | Iron Ox | 203 | United States | Robotic farming |
| 173 | Nordic Harvest | 198 | Denmark | Vertical farm |
| 177 | Waterfield Farms | 196 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 179 | Entocube | 195 | Finland | Vertical insect farm |
| 193 | Back of the Yards Algae Sciences | 191 | United States | Algae tech |
| 217 | Traders Hill Farm | 186 | United States | Greenhouse |
| 220 | Ljusgarda | 186 | Sweden | Vertical farm |
| 224 | Natufia Labs | 185 | Estonia | Growing cabinet |
| 232 | GreenOnyx | 183 | Israel | Algae tech |
| 243 | Jones Food Company | 181 | United Kingdom | Vertical farm |
| 257 | Groots | 178 | Spain | Vertical farm |
| 273 | Swegreen | 175 | Sweden | Farm solutions provider |
| 277 | Champerché | 174 | Belgium | Vertical farm |
| 300 | Light Science Technologies | 171 | United Kingdom | Lighting provider |
| 303 | Wilder Fields | 170 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 306 | Pure Harvest Farms | 170 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 313 | ONO Exponential Farming | 168 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 331 | MiFood Robot | 164 | Spain | Farming robot |
| 333 | Growy | 164 | the Netherlands | Vertical farm |
| 341 | SERA Intelligence | 162 | Switzerland | Consulting |
| 364 | Growfoam | 155 | the Netherlands | Substrate supplier |
| 374 | Harvest London | 152 | United Kingdom | Vertical farm |
| 377 | Invertigro | 151 | Australia | Farm solutions provider |
| 387 | Vanilla Vida | 150 | Israel | Vanilla production |
| 389 | Evogro | 150 | United Kingdom | Growing cabinet |
| 390 | Boomgrow | 150 | Malaysia | Vertical farm |
| 392 | Lite+Fog | 150 | Germany | Farm solutions provider |
| 398 | Nordetect | 147 | Denmark | Soil/Water testing |
| 417 | Tomatopiu | 142 | Italy | Growing cabinet |
| 423 | Vertical Green | 140 | Spain | Farm solutions provider |
| 426 | Vahaa Smart Garden | 140 | Turkey | Growing cabinet |
| 433 | UbiGro | 137 | United States | Greenhouse film |
| 435 | Unfold | 137 | United States | Vertical farm |
| 438 | ForFarming | 137 | Turkey | Farm solutions provider |
Onder de vertical farms en apparatuur- en softwareleveranciers bevinden zich veel bedrijven met een accent op alternatieve voedselproducten. Ook heel wat ondernemingen die zich bezighouden met het voedselverspillingsvraagstuk zijn genomineerd.
Klik hier om de volledige lijst te zien.
Voor meer informatie:
Forward Fooding / FoodTech500
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