The Virginia farm in Richmond will grow the berries in 9-meter-tall towers, using less than 1 acre of land. Most of the country's strawberry ... is the first time a vertical farm will be growing ...

While most vertical farms are made up ... by evenly distributing airflow across the strawberry flowers — no bees necessary. “The Plenty Richmond Farm is the culmination of 200 research trials ...

As we face the challenges of feeding a growing global population in an era of climate change, innovations like this vertical strawberry farm offer a glimpse of a more sustainable and food-secure ...

The Plenty Richmond Farm is designed ... premium Driscoll’s strawberry year-round.” This video, from a year ago, shows the company's early work in establishing the vertical-farming model ...

“We can build [vertical farms] anywhere … as long as there’s energy and just a little bit of water,” he added. The plants come from two types of Japanese strawberry seeds called the Koyo ...

While most vertical ... Richmond Farm – including temperature, light and humidity – is precisely controlled through proprietary software to create the perfect environment for the strawberry ...

The second-best strawberry came from a vertical farm in New Jersey. It was the color of a white nectarine, sweet and delicate, and it was picked by a robot. About a 90-minute drive from New York ...