The first indoor vertical farm grows strawberries
Plenty Richmond, the world's first vertical farm to grow strawberries indoors on a large scale, opened on September 24 in Richmond, Virginia.
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Plenty Richmond, the world's first vertical farm to grow strawberries indoors on a large scale, opened on September 24 in Richmond, Virginia.
Going into operation in 2022, the farm called GigaFarm of the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is bringing in millions of kilograms of vegetables every year.
Vertical farms established by AeroFarms in the US can harvest 900 tons of green leafy vegetables a year without soil, pesticides or sunshine.
Crops and fruit trees may soon be grown in greenhouses the size of buildings in city centers around the world - according to the Daily Mail of the UK.
This form of farming is considered as a solution to the difficult problem of world food demand and scarce agricultural land.