The remarkable vertical farm in the world

The model "is no longer a strange concept, but only a few years ago, these new farm models have been developed and replicated in many countries.

This form of farming is considered as a solution to the difficult problem of world food demand and scarce agricultural land. The results that the vertical farm models have achieved will certainly overwhelm many countries.

Let's take a look at some of the vertical farm models that have been implemented in some places and see how they have deserved the title of "potential farming solutions for the future" :

1. Aero Farm - USA

Aero Farm vertical farms in New Jesey, USA, are named with the name 'the world's largest unique vertical farm' because of the special form of cultivation without soil, pesticides or light. Sun.

Aero Farm is located in a 6,400 square meter warehouse in Newark, New Jesey, each year the farm is able to supply 900 tons of clean vegetables to the US.

The process of breeding and taking care of plants here is carefully and strictly monitored. Initially, farmers poured each tiny seed into a tray of cloth and recycled plastic, then lit LED with intensity and spectrum suitable for each kind of plant.

In the middle of each row, small fans are installed to provide oxygen to the plants, the trays are periodically sprayed with nutrients and are always monitored by sensors to ensure normal and deep development. sick.

As a result, Aero Farm harvests between 20 and 30 batches of vegetables each year with about 250 herbs, vegetables and beans. After being harvested, vegetables will be transferred to the nearest consumption points to save transportation costs from the garden to consumers.

 

Plenty United, a startup company from Silicon Valley, founded in 2014 has successfully applied a vertical farm model to grow clean vegetables, attracting millions of dollars of investment each year.

Instead of cultivating outdoors, Plenty United planted indoor vegetable trays in a 6-meter-tall LED tower inside an old electronics distribution center in southern San Francisco.

Like AeroFarm, Plenty United uses vertical indoor vegetable cultivation techniques, without the use of natural light and pesticides because the inputs are mechanically controlled.

Each year, this farm can produce 350 times more and use less water than traditional farming methods.

Agricultural products when harvested will reach consumers in just a few hours. Currently, Plenty United has attracted investment of up to $ 200 million, the largest number in the history of agricultural technology last July.

3. Spread - Japan

Spread is the largest vertical indoor farm in Japan, located in western Tokyo with a total area of ​​more than 4,000 square meters, mainly growing lettuce with extremely modern farming methods.

From this farm, more than 21,000 lettuce trees are harvested every day, or 7.7 million trees per year, to be exported to markets and supermarkets in Japan.

Here, people install LED systems, irrigate with nutrient solution to help ensure photosynthesis and provide nutrition for plants in the absence of soil, without using pesticides or drugs If the salad has a phenomenon of being rotten or bruised, they are immediately removed from the planting tray so people can be assured of eating the salad directly at the farm without washing. through the country.

 

A Go-grow is an upright vegetable garden project in Singapore co-operated by Mr. Jack Ng, Sky Greens company director and Singapore Agricultural Food Authority. They grow vegetables on a 9-meter-tall aluminum tower with 38 steps with many vegetable troughs lying side by side.

The vegetable troughs are transported from the top down and from the bottom up by a pulley. This vegetable pyramid differs from other vertical farm models in that the plants at the platforms still receive natural sunlight when on high to photosynthesize and then water and nutrients when low.

The whole system consists of 120 such vegetable towers, with 3000 plants, can produce 2 tons of green vegetables daily, only costing nearly 700 square meters. Currently, A Go-Grow is planning to expand to 2,000 vegetable towers in the next few years to serve the demand for fresh vegetables for Singaporeans.

According to this vertical out tower model, the people of the city can fully utilize the space on the terrace to cultivate, without the area, but can provide clean vegetables for their families.