Foodtech company Plantagon is building its first "plantscraper" in the southern Swedish city of Linköping. The $40 million World Food Building is an office tower that also contains a large automated indoor farm. The building will grow vegetables hydroponically in a nutrient-rich, water-based solution and is set to open by early 2020. It will produce 550 tons of vegetables a year. Two-thirds of the building will be offices with the farm occupying the rest of the tower.
Foodtech company Plantagon is building its first "plantscraper" in the southern Swedish city of Linköping. The $40m World Food Building is an office tower that also contains a large automated indoor farm. The building will grow vegetables hydroponically in a nutrient-rich, water-based solution and is set to open by early 2020. It will produce 550 tons of vegetables a year. Two-thirds of the building will be offices with the farm occupying the rest of the tower.