Three-way partnership to scale vertical farming

“We envision a future where vertical farming contributes to a healthier lifestyle for consumers around the world. In our collaboration with 80 Acres Farms and Siemens, we are reimagining farming,” says Ellis Janssen, Global Director City Farming at Philips Horticulture LED Solutions.

Proving enough food for the future is one of the world’s most urgent challenges. The global population is growing rapidly and is increasingly urbanized, while climate change is making growing conditions less predictable. Vertical farming has the potential to improve the way we feed the world. It can provide reliable, sustainable production of healthy food, grown close to the consumer.

But vertical farming is a relatively new and still small industry. Unleashing its potential demands more commercially successful farms and global scalability. Successful global growth will require a greater diversity and uniqueness of products that add value to consumers’ plates, such as new crop types and increased nutritional value.

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