A New Vision On Plant Production
The world population is rapidly growing from about 7 today to 9.5 billion people in 2050 and eating habits are changing.
The demand for high quality fresh vegetables that are safe, healthy, tasty, and sustainably produced within or near urban areas is strongly increasing. This requires a new vision on food production and distribution.
Vertical farming offers a new route that could fit future urban food systems. Vertical farming is a rapidly developing technology where plants are grown under fully controlled conditions in buildings in many stacked layers without solar light. Other terms used for this type of vertical farms are city farms, indoor farms, or plant factory with artificial light (PFAL). Vertical farming is a next level production system, which allows production of plants at any place including the most urbanised regions of the world.
The use of LED light and the full control of both the aboveground and belowground conditions in combination with the right cultivar, enables growers to produce products with extra added value, which appeal to the demand of consumers for safe, reliable, and tasty, nutritious food.
VertiFarm2019 - International Workshop on Vertical Farming Wageningen 13-15 October 2019
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