Das Vertical-Farming-Unternehmen Bowery denkt die Lieferkette für frische Lebensmittel neu

Consumers are coming face-to-face with one of the climate’s most significant impact on the environment – the food we eat. More frequent extreme weather events are disrupting agricultural production. Crop yields are increasingly vulnerable to heat stress, droughts, floods, and pests, leading to reduced harvests and lower food availability, ultimately affecting the entire supply chain.

One solution to the growing uncertainties of food security is vertical farming. Through advancements in technology, robotics, and AI, we have the ability to develop, grow, and harvest crops vertically in warehouses.

Good thing for pickers there’s no more bending over! That should reduce the back injuries quite a bit.

I don’t know if something has changed, but I recall seeing stuff about this before. And there was an article a few months back that I read explaining that a lot of these vertical farms were going bust.

The thing is, these things don’t really produce calorific dense foods all that well. If anything they are limited to leafy greens, herbs and berries. Which are usually a luxury.

That right now, it’s still cheaper to have a field. Now that may change based on population density or climate change, making arable land less abundant. But I know there were a bunch of venture capitalist companies that were burned on this.