Space-saving, low-input, pest-free: vertical farming is often regarded as a solution to many of conventional agriculture’s woes. But the findings of a new study draw a question mark over its prospects ...

In perhaps the most public airing of his views and ideas to date, Dickson Despommier wrote an op-ed for Sunday’s New York Times about his “vertical farms” concept. In February, Hamida Kinge conducted ...

At a greenhouse in Mesa, Arizona, nine-foot towers of tomatoes and cucumbers and other assorted vegetables reach skyward, bathed in diffused natural light. “We can grow 10 times the food using 90 to ...

Jesse Fenn leaned over a row of young lettuce sprouting in neat formation like a farmer crouching over a field of produce – only Fenn’s field extended 25 feet below him. Fenn stood atop a scissor lift ...

As the climate in many parts of the world gets hotter and drier, it’s becoming increasingly crucial to find innovative ways to grow food. Vertical farming is one solution that’s being widely adopted, ...