'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…
  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    you forgot to mention energy use. we have to simulate the sun and that aint cheap.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Well the power usage can vary depending on the setup. Some of these bigger facilities actually use sunlight, and there are other configurations that I’ve seen that plan to convert rooftops into growing spaces. The pump equipment takes quite a bit as well.