Could this be the future of farming? Inside Europe's biggest vertical farm
The whole point of a vertical farm is to create an environment where you can grow plants, stacked on top of each other in high density. The idea being that you can grow your salads or peas somewhere close to the cities where they're consumed.
Outside it is the bleak midwinter. We are smack bang in the middle of some of the country's best agricultural land.
But inside the cavernous warehouse where we've come, you wouldn't have a clue about any of that: there is no daylight; it feels like it could be any time of the day, any season of the year
But inside the cavernous warehouse where we've come, you wouldn't have a clue about any of that: there is no daylight; it feels like it could be any time of the day, any season of the year
The story has nothing to do with Keir Starmer's recent family farm inheritance tax debacle, it's just a coincidence.
Whenever the headline is a question, the answer is no.
ReplyDeleteAnon - a sound rule.
ReplyDeleteBut my understanding is that vertical farms, when tried out, have been an agricultural and economic failure, due to factors they hadn't considered.
ReplyDeleteTammly - that's my understanding too, after taking an interest in them some years ago. Worth revisiting I think.
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