"The age of vertical farming is officially upon us"
Part of the answer will definitely be changing the way we grow our food. And a new trend is expected to assist on that front—vertical farming.
Vertical farming doesn’t promise to radically change the way we farm, only make it more efficient, productive, and take up less space. An example is Urban Crops, a new startup that grows plants using a mixture of indoor farming techniques and hydroponics. Their facility is in Waregem, in eastern Belgium. Here, plants grow under a purple light delivered by LED lamps. The light is a mixture of blue and red lamps that seems to create the optimal conditions for growth.
But Urban Crops is not alone in this farming revolution. More and more companies are investing in facilities that try to do the same thing.
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