Controlled Environment Agriculture Market Transformation Strategy & Implementation Plan

The US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service engaged the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Resource Innovation Institute (RII) in April 2021 to initiate the three-year Conservation Innovation Grant project entitled Data-driven market transformation for efficient, sustainable controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The second objective in the project is the development of a market transformation strategy toward efficient cultivation practices and thus enhance the competitiveness of farmers while advancing energy savings, carbon emissions reductions and more resilient communities.