Is the future of farming inside? We visit Compton's indoor farm to find out
Added on 17 September 2024
The final growing room. The light is proprietary, which is why LAist couldn't take its own photos. That artificial light helps the plants grow about twice as fast as they would in the field. And all the water the plants respirate in this room is recycled, a big reason why the farm uses about 90% less water than conventional growing. ((Courtesy of Plenty))
I headed there to find out more about what role indoor farming may play in the future of food. As increasingly extreme weather driven by human-caused pollution in the atmosphere makes it harder — if not impossible — to farm outside in formerly high-producing regions, could farming indoors be part of the solution?
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