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The future of vertical farming is still bright
Despite the spate of recent setbacks, high-rise farming has room for growth, given food security trends.
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Vertical farms, such as this facility in London, offer an alternative to traditional agriculture at a time when food security is under growing threat.
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Lara Williams
Vertical farming was once so sexy that it tempted the likes of Natalie Portman, Lewis Hamilton and Justin Timberlake to join venture capital and private equity firms buying into high-tech facilities cultivating crops in stacked layers using soil-free growing techniques.
Those investments have turned ugly recently – but there are still reasons for optimism about the future of high-rise food.
