Vertical wheat trial projects yields 26 times greater

Infarm said its first indoor wheat trial had demonstrated "exceptional results".

Infarm's indoor wheat trial has a projected yield of 11.7kg per m2 per year.

A German vertical farming company claims to have managed to successfully grow wheat in an indoor farming system - using no soil, no chemical pesticides and much less water than open field farming.

Infarm said its first trials had demonstrated "exceptional results", allowing a projected yield of 11.7kg per m2 per year.