China has made new progress in vertical farming by launching its first “autonomous veggie factory” in Chengdu City, the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province.
Vertical farming is believed to be the future of agriculture because it allows people to grow crops in upright trays and save precious land space for other human activities.
China’s new vertical farm has 20 stories, the most in the world to date, and utilizes “industry-leading” autonomous technology, according to Gan Bingcheng, deputy head of the research institution that built the farm.
Like other typical vertical farms, this farm was built indoors, with large vertical shelves and hundreds of LED arrays. The plants looked like they were living in a 20-story apartment building with rooms tailored to their requirements.
