VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. (“the enterprise”) AGRI AGRIW)))An intellectual property (IP) focused AgTech company dedicated to advancing sustainable growing and crop processing across multiple platforms, announced today that it has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled “Automated Growing Systems” is granted. in connection with proprietary systems and technologies within the Company’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) facility, FORCEGH+.

The patent is the first in a group of patent applications related to the company’s automated growing systems, with this patent specifically covering the growing channel component that allows a row of plants to be grown in a single channel. AgriFORCE has developed specific, data-driven cultivation strategies that start with tissue culture/micropropagation and result in plants reaching their full genetic potential. Throughout the plant’s life cycle, these proprietary and integrated systems provide sustainable and holistic solutions.

“We continue to improve and strengthen our intellectual property portfolio, which is at the core of our strategy,” commented Ingo Mueller, Chief Executive Officer of AgriFORCE. “With this granted patent, we protect our innovative technologies and designs that achieve higher crop yields through sustainable processes. The issuance of this latest patent is particularly timely as we lay the foundation for the development of the first Coachella campus for our proprietary and state-of-the-art FORCEGH+ CEA facility. We believe our revolutionary facility design combined with our advanced indoor farming systems represents the next generation of consumer food and crop production.”

“This patent grant is a significant milestone as it represents the first patent granted by the USPTO in a series of pending patent applications and represents our progress toward clean,…