Is Plenty the future of farming? It certainly looks futuristic: vertical stands manned by robotic arms blasted with artificial sunlight. This innovation comes with a lot of pros: more local, smaller footprint, less water, no pesticides.
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To date, plant-based commercial vertical farming has mostly been limited to the production of lettuce crops, but this latest technological advancement has broadened the scope of what can be grown upwards. With temperature, light and humidity controlled across 12 growing ‘rooms,’ pollination of plants has also been engineered to be more efficient than bees. Ultimately, the company believes this will result in more uniformity in fruit and result in less waste.
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