AGRICULTURE REIMAGINED
IGS’s business is vertical farming
Vertical farming is the process by which plants and certain crops are grown indoors in a vertically-arranged system, providing the exact lighting and environmental conditions necessary for plant growth
Henry Aykroyd, CEO Intelligent Growth Solutions, blogs for iotUK
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Our mission is to enable our licensees to be the lowest cost producers.
The benefits of Vertical Farming
GROW LOCAL, GLOBALLY
- Producing beside the market collapses food miles, cutting costs
- It also increases food security, by reducing dependency on imports
- ‘Farm to fork’ within hours every day, 365 days of the year, increasing both freshness and shelf life
BETTER QUALITY
- Product appearance, nutritional qualities and taste are improved and remain consistent year round
- Disease-free growing eliminates need for pesticides
- Semi-hydroponic techniques eliminate need for washing, reducing contamination
SAVING NATURAL RESOURCES
- Small building footprint frees farm land for alternative use, e.g. energy crops and conservation
- Highly efficient growing media and temperature management reduces water consumption by more than 90% with minimal effluent
DECLINING COST
- Driven by the collapsing cost of LEDs and improving electrical efficiency
- Compression of the value chain reduces number of participants taking a margin
- Production matched to consumer demand, reducing wastage
- Integrated automation reduces labour
IGS has developed the technology to build a new industry – see Our Technology for more details