Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder. This summer marked the groundbreaking of a huge vertical farming operation in Virginia by the California-based company Plenty Unlimited.
  • Spzi@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Also what about other requirements, like water and fertilizer? Each tonne harvested has to be restored somehow.

    Either we get agro-industrial traffic in residential areas, or the thing isn’t next door to customers anyways.

    Are residential area water pipes fit for the task?

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the sweet spot for such operations is at the outskirts, where we started.