Select indoor crops as economically as field grown

Indoor farming is reaching ‘field parity’ for certain crops. This means that select crops can be grown indoors as economically as crops grown in the field -- giving today's urban farmers a unique advantage.

Combine this advantage is with growing consumer demand for locally grown produce, new innovations in artificial lighting, and highly efficient growing equipment, the opportunities for today's tech-savvy farmers are endless.

Despite the market trends and breakthrough innovations, however, these types of facilities can require significant capital investment to get off the ground.

One of these investments is the high cost of managing environment temperatures and humidity levels associated with optimal growing conditions. While LED lighting technology is more efficient than ever before, the heat produced by the lights can still quickly reach harmful temperatures, with negative consequences for the crops.

Mitigating these excessive heat loads almost always requires updating or replacing a building's HVAC system. Because of the significant investment needed to do so, it's crucial that aspiring indoor farmers and their investors understand these costs for capital budgeting purposes.

On Thursday, June 23, Bright Agrotech will be hosting a live conversation to help interested growers and investors better understand the demands that an indoor growing system places on the HVAC system, and what capital expenses and ongoing operating expenses are necessary to keep the temperatures at appropriate levels.

As a leader in vertical plane crop production, Bright Agrotech helps modern farmers and their investors understand how to create economical farms, whether indoors or in a greenhouse. By empowering innovative farmers around the world with industry leading education and equipment, Bright Agrotech seeks to help build a new food economy based on transparency and quality.

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