It’s a machine; it’s a growing machine,” said Georgia Lea, a communications manager for Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), the Edinburgh-based firm that has designed the system. The “vertical farm” uses hydroponics, where plants are grown indoors in very tightly controlled conditions. FLS, previously known as the Forestry Commission, believes Scotland would be the first country in the world where the state forester uses hydroponics for its tree stocks. FLS ran three batches designed to prove the concept worked for trees, and is now on its sixth trial run. With that in mind, Hay is delighted by the potential of vertical farming.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2022 02:03 UTC