Grain Farming Goes Indoors

Photo caption: Growing staple crops like grains indoors could be a massive step forward for global food security. Photography courtesy of Infarm. Article by Miranda Lipton. Modern Farmer – January 6, 2023.

Vertical farms have had successes producing fresh greens and herbs, tomatoes and strawberries — all necessary and delicious crops but not the most calorie-dense. That honor falls to cereals and grains, which generally take up more space and spread out over amber-tinted fields. But those amber waves of grain could soon take up residence indoors, with the first successfully grown indoor wheat. […]

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