Once the farm is running at full capacity next year, Plenty claims it will be able to grow enough produce for more than 100 grocery stores. The growing capacity in Compton will be even greater.

Vertical farming can be profitable, but it’s harder to manage. “Among our consulting clients, vertical systems — no-till, strip-till and others — produce the highest return on investment ...

Vertical farming is a high-tech, Big Data endeavor. The products have many advantages over traditionally grown farm products, and even other organic products. It is also a more efficient supply chain.

Having vertical farms in the midst of cities could also help to make us more aware of how our food is produced, says Falagan. Pasona Urban Farm, for example, wasn't just for show ...

Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest. That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field ...

Five-plus years after the publication of Dickson Despommier's book The Vertical Farm: Feeding Ourselves and The World in the 21st Century, his dream — originally conceived as the production of ...

While all vertical farms grow up, there’s a large variation in how producers set up their growing systems. Some grow in large greenhouses that receive natural light, while others take up space in ...

Vertical farms: A new form of agriculture 03:50. It's not an art installation; it's rotisserie lettuce plants, going around and around inside a vertical farm, in the middle of downtown Jackson ...

So vertical farming is a new way of growing the crops indoors without relying on any external sunlight. So a lot of the times we're inside a warehouse-type building, and basically, the idea is ...

Jack Griffin said he was going to save the world.He told everyone — in interviews, on stage, and in a TEDx Talk — that ...

Vertical indoor farming is significantly more energy intensive. However, Ahamed said the method grows much more produce and also uses significantly less water and land.

Jack Griffin, a Philadelphian who once wooed some serious investment for his idea of vertical farms for the city’s many abandoned warehouses, has now admitted to defrauding two investors out of ...