Environmental Case for Vertical Farming Stacks Up - According to New Study
August 14, 2024
August 14, 2024
GUILFORD, England, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release:
Growing lettuce on stacked shelves in high-tech greenhouses could be as good for the environment as growing them in fields and could save 8,000 hectares of land in the UK, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Aberdeen.
Researchers studied a vertical lettuce farm in the UK. They found it produced the equivalent of 740g of carbon dioxi . . .
Growing lettuce on stacked shelves in high-tech greenhouses could be as good for the environment as growing them in fields and could save 8,000 hectares of land in the UK, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and the University of Aberdeen.
Researchers studied a vertical lettuce farm in the UK. They found it produced the equivalent of 740g of carbon dioxi . . .