Fog Grow Medium
- Utilizes a fraction of the water required by hydroponic operations
- Provides more oxygen, and improved feeding to the roots than aeroponic operations
- Reduces moving parts, maintenance, and risk of water-borne contamination
- Roots develop faster for shorter cultivation cycles
- Increased nutrient utilization results in larger yields
Building structure Agnostic
- Habitats can be outfitted in virtually any indoor space that meets food grade requirements
- Little building retrofit required
- Sea cans/containers typically need a space to walk resulting in inefficient space utilization
Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Data gathering of crops grown all over the world
- Consistent, repeatable crops independent of climate
- Machine learning to improve growing parameters over time
- Early detection of adverse conditions
- Specialized knowledge not required by operator
Self-contained habitats
- No requirement to retrofit building HVAC and lighting
- Allow for multi-crop farms
- Staggered harvest
- Mitigates the risk of outside contaminates and cross-contamination
Rolling Racks
- Customized rolling rack technology
- Reduces fixed aisle space
- Significant increase to the cubic cultivation area
The Advantages of Vertical Farming
Vertical farming provides a solution to many factors affecting the current and future food supply chain.
Historically, power consumption has made indoor farming uneconomic, but recent technological developments such as LED lighting have improved the economic value proposition.
Local Availability
Achieve consistent, year-round local supply of indigenous and non-indigenous produce that is agnostic to seasons, climates, weather and geographies
Risk Mitigation
Mitigation against natural disasters such as hail and wildfires that can wipe out entire crops, droughts and infestations that can adversely impact yields, and supply chain impacts such as Covid-19
Meeting Organic Preferences
Consumer preferences are evolving to more natural, organic products (2). The controlled environment of vertical farming reduces the need for chemicals and pesticides
Feeding a Growing Population
Up to 100x more productive than traditional methods (3), providing a solution to feed a growing global population amid a decrease in arable land per capita (4)
Environmentally Friendly
Up to 95% water savings (1), significant reduction in fossil fuel required to plant, sow, fertilize and transport crops, and reduces land use and biodiversity disturbances
Consistent Quality
Controlled, repeatable growing conditions allow for consistent quality produce that can be rapidly delivered to local markets and reduces the number of perishables from long range shipping
Enhanced Food Safety
Tracking and recall of local produce serving a local market is more manageable than produce grown in international jurisdictions and shipped to a broad network of international markets
(1) Columbia University Earth Institute. “How Sustainable Is Vertical Farming? Students Try to Answer the Question”
(2) Fortune Business Insights. “Organic Foods Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis, By Raw Material/Commodity (Fruits and Vegetables, Cereals and Grains, Others), By End-use (Bakery & Confectionery, Ready-to-eat food products, Breakfast Cereals, Processing Industry, Others), By Distribution Channel (Direct Market, Processing Industry) and Regional Forecast 2019-2026”
(3) Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production. Toyoki Kozai, Genhua Niu and Michiko Takagaki.
(4) The World Bank
Beyond Farming
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The Vision: Be a leader in urban vertical cultivation by ensuring each harvest is of high quality, producing high yield, and is consistent with the last batch to reduce
product variability.
