IGS up for prestigious UK engineering award

According to the MacRobert Award's panel of expert judges, Edinburgh-based Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has been nominated "for helping to de-risk an agriculture sector that's facing an ageing farming population and an uncertain, volatile future." They added: "Intelligent Growth Solutions' vertical farming technology blends engineering, crop science and agronomy expertise to manage all environmental inputs for optimal growth, flavour and longevity." Each of the firm's modular farm systems houses towers of crops within an enclosed structure in which all aspects of the growing environment — from light and temperature to humidity and irrigation — are fine-tuned to optimise growth while eliminating water waste.

Intelligent Growth Solutions has been nominated "for helping to de-risk an agriculture sector that's facing an ageing farming population and an uncertain, volatile future." They added: "Intelligent Growth Solutions' vertical farming technology blends engineering, crop science and agronomy expertise to manage all environmental inputs for optimal growth, flavour and longevity." Each of the firm's modular farm systems houses towers of crops within an enclosed structure in which all aspects of the growing environment — from light and temperature to humidity and irrigation — are fine-tuned to optimise growth while eliminating water waste.

Intelligent Growth Solutions do not stop at just providing the tower-like farming structures, but also apply their analyses to help individual customers tailor their crops to their needs.

So, a farmer working for the food processing industry could optimise their produce for flavour, for example, whereas one working for the health food industry might request a setup which balances flavour with elevated nutrients.

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Photo: A firm providing 'vertical farms' is a finalist for this year's prestigious MacRobert Award (Image credit: Intelligent Growth Solutions)

Source: Express