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<blockquote data-quote="Grass And Grain" data-source="post: 7275393" data-attributes="member: 23184"><p>I don't really know much about vertical farming, but can it compete on cost with glass house or field grown lettuce/leaves.</p><p></p><p>One would think that on a large scale that vertical farming was very labour intensive, although more pleasant cutting up off the ground.</p><p></p><p>I can, however, see how a small system would be great for a restaurant that wants super fresh plant to plate.</p><p></p><p>I've a friend who works for a multiple food retailer, and his idea was to put vertical farms into store - particularly large supermarkets that want to downscale their store size to cut costs, then use that space for fresh leaves production.</p><p></p><p>We do vacuum coolers and refrigeration, and I see a problem here. Unless cut and used immediately, imho lettuce and herbs need vac cooling to maintain quality and shelf life. But, the scale/volume of production needs to be there to make it worthwhile investing in a vac cooler. That said, maybe there's a case for micro sized vac coolers.</p><p></p><p>What do you think to vertical farming [USER=129080]@Veryfruity[/USER] , and out of interest, what do you grow. I guess vertical farming might be useful for continual growing without disease build up (thinking soil borne disease). Non of our customers are into vertical farming yet, but there's certainly a move towards some intensive growing systems, particularly associated with 'cheap' heat and power from AD plants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grass And Grain, post: 7275393, member: 23184"] I don't really know much about vertical farming, but can it compete on cost with glass house or field grown lettuce/leaves. One would think that on a large scale that vertical farming was very labour intensive, although more pleasant cutting up off the ground. I can, however, see how a small system would be great for a restaurant that wants super fresh plant to plate. I've a friend who works for a multiple food retailer, and his idea was to put vertical farms into store - particularly large supermarkets that want to downscale their store size to cut costs, then use that space for fresh leaves production. We do vacuum coolers and refrigeration, and I see a problem here. Unless cut and used immediately, imho lettuce and herbs need vac cooling to maintain quality and shelf life. But, the scale/volume of production needs to be there to make it worthwhile investing in a vac cooler. That said, maybe there's a case for micro sized vac coolers. What do you think to vertical farming [USER=129080]@Veryfruity[/USER] , and out of interest, what do you grow. I guess vertical farming might be useful for continual growing without disease build up (thinking soil borne disease). Non of our customers are into vertical farming yet, but there's certainly a move towards some intensive growing systems, particularly associated with 'cheap' heat and power from AD plants. [/QUOTE]
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