The company's founders believe that technology will help change the industry
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 4:53 am
How modern technology can help
Infarm solves many problems of vertical farming through innovation:
Machine learning technologies and cloud software reduce manual labor and increase productivity.
The cloud platform helps track hydrogen indicators, carbon dioxide levels, and monitor plant growth in the company's stores.
The company has a robotic “plant retrieval system,” a device that looks like a crane from a toy machine. It moves up and down, pulling out trays of plants and moving them around.
LEDs replace sunlight, and smart sensors help regulate the brightness and spectrum of light. Some spectrums can increase the vitamin C content of fruits, while others extend the shelf life of products by almost a week.
90% of Infarm's electricity is renewable.
"Plant search system" on the farm
Infarm’s staff includes mechanical engineers, electricians, software developers, crop specialists, and biologists. They monitor the system via iPad.
Infarm invests a portion of its profits back into research. In the lab, analysts conduct tests on herbs, measure sugar levels in plants, determine acidity levels, and more.
Through its research, Infarm hopes to create more flavorful greens czech republic number data or come up with new flavors. The company has already started growing tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms in individual chambers the size of a wine cellar.
“If we consider what we have today, we can understand the critics — and they are right. But they cannot look ten years ahead, they do not see the different trends that will lead to a revolution,” says Guy Galonska.
Infarm kiosks inside the Beba restaurant in Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau museum
Ultimately, Infarm wants to build a network of tens of thousands of automated farms that will be connected to the company's main system in Berlin, controlled by artificial intelligence.
This “brain,” as Galonska calls it, will feed information into algorithms. This will help produce better quality food while wasting less. Each new crop will consume less water, energy, and nutrients, Infarm hopes.
“It’s clear to everyone that the world is headed in the wrong direction. These unconventional ideas will help create a new system where we can produce more food, better food, and heal the planet—because that’s our primary mission right now.” — Er
Infarm solves many problems of vertical farming through innovation:
Machine learning technologies and cloud software reduce manual labor and increase productivity.
The cloud platform helps track hydrogen indicators, carbon dioxide levels, and monitor plant growth in the company's stores.
The company has a robotic “plant retrieval system,” a device that looks like a crane from a toy machine. It moves up and down, pulling out trays of plants and moving them around.
LEDs replace sunlight, and smart sensors help regulate the brightness and spectrum of light. Some spectrums can increase the vitamin C content of fruits, while others extend the shelf life of products by almost a week.
90% of Infarm's electricity is renewable.
"Plant search system" on the farm
Infarm’s staff includes mechanical engineers, electricians, software developers, crop specialists, and biologists. They monitor the system via iPad.
Infarm invests a portion of its profits back into research. In the lab, analysts conduct tests on herbs, measure sugar levels in plants, determine acidity levels, and more.
Through its research, Infarm hopes to create more flavorful greens czech republic number data or come up with new flavors. The company has already started growing tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms in individual chambers the size of a wine cellar.
“If we consider what we have today, we can understand the critics — and they are right. But they cannot look ten years ahead, they do not see the different trends that will lead to a revolution,” says Guy Galonska.
Infarm kiosks inside the Beba restaurant in Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau museum
Ultimately, Infarm wants to build a network of tens of thousands of automated farms that will be connected to the company's main system in Berlin, controlled by artificial intelligence.
This “brain,” as Galonska calls it, will feed information into algorithms. This will help produce better quality food while wasting less. Each new crop will consume less water, energy, and nutrients, Infarm hopes.
“It’s clear to everyone that the world is headed in the wrong direction. These unconventional ideas will help create a new system where we can produce more food, better food, and heal the planet—because that’s our primary mission right now.” — Er