Presentation. What next for controlled environment agriculture? @WithTheEconomist
Presentation. What next for controlled environment agriculture?  @WithTheEconomist
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Growing food in controlled environments offers stability and promise in a changing climate. But CEA technology can be expensive and is hard to scale up. What have been the challenges and what will it take to accelerate controlled farming?

Speaker: 
Mike Zelkind, chief executive, 80 Acres Farms, USA
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