A new vertical farm, with a footprint of less than an acre, can produce 1.8 million kg of fruit annually. - eviltoast
'World-first' indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of berries a year
newatlas.com
Major steps towards better, sustainable and affordable food production free of environmental challenges have been taken, with the "world's first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale" opening in Richmond, VA. It's backed by an international team of scientists that see this new…
  • CleoTheWizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    In the eventual future, sure. But that may be a century away. There are many other solutions that should be implemented before vertical farming that would actually protect ecosystems. The main thing would be pesticides. That’s what I’m far more concerned about than this mere concept.