Small vertical farms pick up where Big Tech faltered

Small vertical farms pick up where Big Tech faltered
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At a greenhouse in Mesa, Arizona, nine-foot towers of tomatoes and cucumbers and other assorted vegetables reach skyward, bathed in diffused natural light.

“We can grow 10 times the food using 90 to 98 percent less water,” True Garden founder Troy Albright says as he walks past rows of butter lettuce, basil and softball-size fennel bulbs grown in a vertical aeroponic environment that recirculates nutrient-filled water from a reservoir to seedlings above. In one month, his farm produces 15,000 pounds of leafy greens.

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