Stacked Farm utilizes a fully automated, patent-pending Farm Operating System to produce fresh, non-GMO produce with an 18-day shelf life, minimizing labor needs and biohazard risks. This technology addresses the inefficiencies of traditional farming by providing consistent, high-quality produce with reduced food miles and waste.
Funding
$216.2M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Traditional farming methods face challenges in maintaining consistent produce quality, minimizing waste, and ensuring supply chain reliability due to weather conditions, short shelf life, and long transportation distances. These inefficiencies lead to variable pricing, limited promotional management, and difficulties in menu seasonality for customers.
Solution
Stacked Farm utilizes a fully automated Farm Operating System to cultivate fresh, non-GMO produce with an extended 18-day shelf life. This system minimizes labor needs and biohazard risks by integrating farming, processing, and packaging into a single high-care facility. The proprietary technology ensures optimal efficiency from seed to pack, managing workflow orchestration, environmental controls, and automation tasks such as order management and crop planning. By locating facilities near city centers and distribution hubs, Stacked Farm reduces food miles and offers customers long-term supply contracts with stable pricing, improving promotions management and menu planning.
Target Audience
The primary customers are businesses seeking a reliable supply of high-quality, fresh produce with stable pricing and improved shelf life, including restaurants, grocery stores, and food processors.
Features
- Patent-pending Farm Operating System manages all operational processes from seed to bag without human intervention.
- End-to-end automation driven by robotics reduces labor needs and mitigates biohazard risks.
- Integrated farming, processing, and packaging within a single high-care facility ensures high efficiency and stringent quality control.
- Controlled environment growing unaffected by external weather conditions improves quality and consistency.
- Zero-waste water system continually recycles all used water in a closed environment.
- Growth medium is 100% organic and suitable for anaerobic digesters.
- Tunable taste and texture of produce.
- 100% traceability from farm to table.