A vertical farm is where people grow plants, like lettuce, tomatoes, and herbs, indoors. Instead of using soil (like a regular farm), they use hydroponics and aeroponics to grow the plants in water. The plants are stacked on top of each other in layers, so they can grow a lot of plants in a small space.
Explore how future farms strive to maximise efficiency and minimize resource usage, ensuring food security in the face of potential resource scarcity.
This farm of the future uses an old laser tag arena to grow plants with no soil and 95% less water. Could it be the way forwards for growing food?
Future farming explores underwater options to address declining fish populations, ensure sufficient food, and protect water habitats.
Discover how vertical farming is benefiting businesses like Paignton Zoo, saving them money, time, and providing animals with their preferred plants.
Learn how hydroponics allows for water-based cultivation of spinach and explore resource-efficient and energy-saving approaches to food production.
We all make waste from the food we eat – so how can this be used to make soil that can then be used to grow more plants.
Drones are toys right? Watch this video to see how they can learn to be farmers too.
