Vertical Farming and the need for Texture Analysis

Indoor vertical farming has been around for quite some time, but leading companies in this industry are starting to gain a great deal of attention from the business press and investors are pouring money into the industry. As the world population continues to expand, so too does the amount of fruits and vegetables needed to feed the world. If we can’t create new farmland to accommodate the increase in fresh food required vertical farming can be part of the solution to this problem.

Vertical farming is the practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers. It incorporates controlled-environment agriculture, which is a fancy way of saying that it provides protection and maintains optimal growing conditions throughout the development of the crop. It’s not just growing vegetables like we traditionally know – if you’re serious in this field, it’s a big data, high tech endeavour with staff consisting of chief technology officers, engineers, scientists and risk managers.