Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores

Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by tyingq on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:36PM (#25852891)

I'm not exactly critical of vertical farming, but I've noticed that the stories always seem to gloss over what works well and what doesn't. Plenty™, for example, does arugula and kale, but their stories say "veggies" in a way that leads you to believe it's working for a much broader set of "veggies".

Verticalfield, featured in this story, has pictures of tomatoes, and mentions mushrooms and strawberries. But on their website, the FAQ says ""Vertical Field can grow up to 200 varieties of crops, such as leafy greens, herbs, and lettuces". Again, arugula, kale, some herbs, etc.

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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by i_am_proteus on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:25PM (#25853258)

Vertical farming seems to be good for crops that are mostly water and not very useful for cereals (or anything else with much caloric content).

So there's a profit to be made for urban luxury vegetables, and that's about it.

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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by cwkoss on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:20PM (#25853723)

I think leafy greens tend to work best in vertical farming, but wouldn't call them 'luxury vegetables'. Most diets should include some leafy greens for the non-caloric-nutrients and fiber.

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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by iancmceachern on Thursday January 21, 2021 @01:27AM (#25856122)

I agree in concept. In practice, here in SF a pack of plenty vertically farmed lettuce is $5 and a head of lettuce from the Safeway down the street is $1. On a budget there is really only one option.

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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by tremon on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:17AM (#25857013)

End-user price may not be an accurate reflection of production cost. Do both receive the same amount of subsidies, for example?

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Re:Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and gr... by iancmceachern on Thursday January 21, 2021 @01:27AM (#25856123)

This.

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