Supermarket Marks & Spencer (M&S) is bringing vertical farming to six further stores in London. The initiative is part of a collaboration with German hydroponic vertical farm company Infarm, which began with a partnership at the Clapham Junction M&S food hall in September 2019. Infarm's locations are cloud-connected to allow for remote operation from its central platforms; as such, employees visit the in-store farms just twice a week to harvest and pack mature greens, while replanting new seedlings. As well as offering fresh produce, the vertical farms reportedly use 99.5% less water and 95% less space than soil-based farms.
Supermarket Marks & Spencer (M&S) is bringing vertical farming to six further stores in London. The initiative is part of a collaboration with German hydroponic vertical farm company Infarm, which began with a partnership at the Clapham Junction M&S food hall in September 2019. Infarm's locations are cloud-connected to allow for remote operation from its central platforms; as such, employees visit the in-store farms just twice a week to harvest and pack mature greens, while replanting new seedlings. As well as offering fresh produce, the vertical farms reportedly use 95% less water and 99.5% less space than soil-based farms.