Foodtech company Plantagon is building its first " plantscraper " in the southern Swedish city of Linköping . The $ 40 m World Food tower is an office building that also contains a large scale indoor farm . The building will grow vegetables hydroponically in a nitrogen - 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.