Vertical farming wheat trial projects yields 26 times greater

Infarm said its first indoor wheat trial had demonstrated "exceptional results".
Vertical farming wheat trial projects yields 26 times greater

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.

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