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Ikea is bringing a pop-up vertical farm to London

Ikea is bringing a pop-up vertical farm to Shoreditch, as part of the London Design Festival.

Researchers from the SPACE10 lab at the Lokal pop-up want to show the general public that delicious, fresh food can be grown right in your home, using a hydroponics farming system.

The pop-up features a futuristic salad bar that provides meals of hydroponic microgreens, topped with delicious locally sourced ingredients.

There will also be ‘Grow Your Greens’ workshops for kids to learn how to grow their own take-away plant hydroponically, until it turns into a delicious green.

‘Food Preservation’ workshops will teach visitors how to use fermentation to preserve food and minimise waste.

Read more at Metro News (Lisa Bowman)
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