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Does your IGS vertical farming system require a high level of expertise?
No, our systems have been designed to have simplicity at the core. They can be managed remotely using a mobile phone app and with a greater level of data collection and monitoring than any other agricultural system. This helps make it an easier and more manageable system for farmers with no specialist expertise required.
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Who is your target market?
We offer solutions for: · Traditional farmers and growers looking to grow high value crops at scale all year long. · Farming entrepreneurs who want to serve local communities, restaurants, hotels, venues or even retailers. · Governments focused on greater food security, wanting to
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What does IGS grow?
The IGS system can grow a variety of herbs, brassicas and leafy greens. Our system can also propagate an ever-widening range of early stage crops including brassicas and soft fruits.
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How does the IGS system compare to growing in other indoor environments, such as glasshouses?
We adopt the principles of Total Control Environment Agriculture (TCEA), in which all aspects of the growing environment can be controlled- light, temperature, humidity, irrigation,nutrition and even air composition. This makes it possible to eliminate variations in the growing environment, enabling
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How does IGS differ from other vertical farming operators?
We provide the power to control the indoor vertical farming environment better than our competitors in three fundamentally important areas:
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How are you working with the James Hutton Institute?
The IGS demonstration facility is based at the James Hutton Institute, a world-renowned crop and plant science research facility. IGS and the Hutton collaborate closely to help advance the understanding of plant science for indoor growing.
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How are you making your systems sustainable?
With smaller land footprints required with the growing taking place in towers stacked vertically it offers greater flexibility on location and good arable land is not necessary. It also means that facilities can be built right next to consumers or customers and reduces the need for food miles and wa
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Does your IGS vertical farming system require a high level of expertise?
No, our systems have been designed to have simplicity at the core. They can be managed remotely using a mobile phone app and with a greater level of data collection and monitoring than any other agricultural system. This helps make it an easier and more manageable system for farmers with no speciali
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Does IGS sell its produce?
No. We will not sell plant produce now or in the future. We supply the technology, infrastructure, training to set up and operate totally controlled environment vertical farms. We will then provide further data and software updates for successful ‘growth recipes’ which can be used to produce consis
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