Vertical Farm Technology: Mind Blowing Startups That Will Change The World [2024 Edition]

[@frankcastle9583]

Amazing Tech. Thanks for this presentation. Now we can choose which business model we can adopt.

[@foodverge]

What one did you like the most?

[@ytgiven90]

Great overview. Does anyone know of a Vertical Farm Businesses that have some kind of franchise model for the technology? Something that doesn't require large sums of money and can be started with a rather small team of 2-3 people?

[@loganfl5476]

Im only becoming a senior in high school but this is something I want to pursue when I am older

[@foodverge]

Great stuff we need smart people like you to want to get involved in the future of agriculture

[@badiraslan]

Thank you, Jack, it's a great presentation, I would suggest, if possible, focusing more on the use of techniques, costs, and practice of practicality

[@foodverge]

Hey Badi, Thanks for the feedback. That’s a great suggestion. We may do a deep dive into a specific start up and cover it in more detail. Would that interest you?

[@rr2embro]

Guy, he's just reading each company's marketing. He has no practical knowledge at all or the order of these companies would be in a very different order. That's just the nature of youtube top ten lists. No offense to this dude - it's just his hustle but see it for what it is.

[@foodverge]

@@rr2embro check out our in-depth videos on the start ups. It has more insight into the inner workings of the companies.

[@choukoksol8121]

@@foodverge trans and I will be there soon

[@frederickwilgram2051]

Infarm...what a great concept

[@foodverge]

Ya very cool, do you have one in your area?

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

Great video! Gives me a lot of hope about the future of farming :)

[@foodverge]

Thanks for the feedback🙏 Is there any other food trends you’d be interested in seeing?

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

@@foodverge Many developments in meat replacements are super interesting in my opinion, for example companies like Beyond Meat. Also, the use of Algae as food, and (although that's a little bit abstract) how food production on Mars could function :)

[@foodverge]

@@unbreakableldorado7723 ahh V cool space. It’s an area I follow quite closely. I’ll get working on it for you 👍

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

@@foodverge great, thanks

[@abdurrahimabbasi6844]

Vèry very Nice Masha Allah

[@foodverge]

Thanks! What’s your favourite project?

[@monowerhossain6507]

It's a great video,

[@keeganrasmussen977]

Protio for these companies using aero-ponic Invert the crop Without having to focus on fighting gravety to grow and be strong enough to support the yield, the plant will create a greater yield... Tomatoes inparticularly are fantastic this way, you can weave them like a vine through say chain link as well... Things I learned growing weed back in '09 Can't help but wonder why it's just now hitting the media... I thought, and hoped, I was the one who was behind

[@shanebrown6971]

You need to know about NuLeaf in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This company is on the rise with it's modular indoor vertical farming solution.

[@foodverge]

Cool I’ll look into them. What crops do they produce?

[@gladiadoresdmiranda5400]

Awesome

[@foodverge]

What’s your favourite start up?

[@samwhalefish731]

Thank you! Do you know the link to the Small Hold Farms Response guide mentioned at 4:35 for achieving similar success in grow spaces?

[@foodverge]

You can find it on their website smallhold.com it outlines how to grow their mushrooms. They also provide an email you can reach out and ask them questions.

[@Osiwan960]

cool but how is Bright Farms vertical? it is not in the images you've shown here...

[@thatoboule3603]

can you make an in-depth video on aeroponic towers?

[@foodverge]

Sure, we’ll get on it!!

[@branwhite4973]

Great video. Missing some major players. Otherwise, we'll done. Elevate farms is the way to go. If it's not fda approved, I'm concerned Thanks for the informative video. Great to see industry picking up steam and becoming efficient.

[@Jason.Goldstriker]

AeroFarms filed for Chapter 11

[@foodverge]

Yes, what a shame? They were making some incredible advancements but the business model wasn’t sustainable

[@franzcampo]

I would really like to work for one of those!!

[@foodverge]

Which one is your favourite?

[@justicedemocrat9357]

1. Electricty cost to grow plants vs free energy from the sun. 2. Startup costs to built a warehouse/aeroponic towers vs 0 cost of planting crops directly on the ground 3. Land acquisition cost of buying property near a city vs cheap land far away from the city.

[@がうがうわんこ]

On June 8, 2023, AeroFarms filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bay Area-based Iron Ox laid off 50, amounting to nearly half its staff in November, 2022. Smallhold, a US-based company that grows specialty mushrooms via vertical farming, filed for bankruptcy on Feb. 18, 2024 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. How many firms in this video ( in 17 total) do you think can survive in five years ? I guess 12.

[@foodverge]

12 would be optimistic. If energy prices stay high it will be very difficult to make the business model work. What do you think?

[@がうがうわんこ]

@@foodverge As a business, I agree with you. But most of vertical farming companies raised so much money from investors and there will be some environment-sensitive, dreaming, gullible and rich supporters for the firms.

[@Paul-e9x4h]

Lambat laun pertanian konvensional digantikan dengan vertical farming , tinggal rekayasa genetik dan kultur jaringan yang menjadi tahap pengembangannya

[@MissKristaC]

Sadly Aerofarms just list their major financial partner because of their heavy reliance on electricity. I have developed a truly sustainable solution that uses 90% less electricity and 95-98% less water. That is the true future. Emerald Isle Growers Ireland, Growing More!

[@foodverge]

Sounds brilliant I’ll check it out. Are you in selling produce yet? What do you grow?

[@astral8044]

Can you tell us more?

[@foodverge]

@@astral8044 what would you like to know? We’ve done an in-depth video on infarm. I bet you’ll like it

[@lowjayshen8236]

How about the energy consumption, carbon footprint etc

[@foodverge]

We have a video discussing all the disadvantages of vertical farming too!

[@ashutoshgandhi6545]

Gandhi farming company The future company

[@foodverge]

Cool, what’s your company website?

[@PrincipeFrancoIdelasHualas]

No progresara por fuerza de la ciencia, progresara con la fuerza de DIOS.

[@PrincipeFrancoIdelasHualas]

Wyoming!!! XD

[@surunitemiakanni-oye4346]

You could give your presentation more depth and relevance if you also presented once promising vertical farming companies that failed.

[@foodverge]

We are doing an in-depth video on a vertical farm start up that is super up to date and I hope you will find value in it. Jack

[@foodverge]

What is your favourite vertical farm start up at the minute?

[@surunitemiakanni-oye4346]

@@foodverge Truthfully, none. They are all the same to me. They all produce the same leafy greens and maybe some strawberries on the side. Waiting for someone to come up with rice and wheat producing systems.

[@foodverge]

@@surunitemiakanni-oye4346 That’s fascinating. I get your drift. You can’t feed the world on salad and berries.

[@alexandervlaescu9901]

@@surunitemiakanni-oye4346 Cereal are such a staple for two things. They are very easy to grow (but have vary low energy denisty per surface planted) and can store quite well. Tbh cereal don't make much sense as we know them in our current period. Also they would be the last to be implemented in any kind of greenhouse due their low energy density.

[@Osiwan960]

i don't get why you chose a rice farmer rubbing his knee but ok.

[@walternokomashala]

The moment you grow indoors is no longer sustainable👍

[@foodverge]

What about in areas with no ability to grow veg outside? Artic and dessert areas.

[@alexanderchenf1]

Unfortunately these are all private companies

[@foodverge]

Why is that unfortunate?

[@alexanderchenf1]

@@foodverge You can't invest in them!

[@Eurasia195]

I spend in japan.the other person spend other country. i am sorry to old man. they spoke high eye level speaking. they treadennt me.残念。

[@atomicsockbombs]

No matter how advanced and efficient an indoor or vertical farm is, it still is limited in what they can grow. They can't grow enough of the crops that feed the people of the world. The big four: rice, potatoes, wheat, and corn, are the crops that feed large populations. Yet they are not viable crops for these types of systems. Despite the claim that these systems can "Feed the people of the world", People need more than leafy greens. Even if you add tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, green beans, onions, soy beans and carrots, their time to maturity is so long that the total productivity, though still higher than growing them in the field, has an effect on the total outcome and productivity (and profitability) of a vertical farms. The reason they focus on greens is that with greens, because of their short time to harvest, you can produce several crops a year and can get your return on investment back much quicker. There are some new technologies that can grow some of these secondary crops, but producing the big four, at this time, is still best done from the field. 🍚🥔🌾🌽🍅🫑🥒🌰🥕

[@foodverge]

Do you think seed genetics can help close the grow time?