vertical farming
“STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFYING
THE PROCESS WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS
IMPACT ON LABOR COSTS, ESPECIALLY
IN LARGER FACILITIES.”
FARMING AS A MANUFACTURING PROCESS
What if we started treating vegetables, greens, and other
produce like a manufactured product? If we did, the
product would be moved to and through processes like
planting, trimming, pest control and maintenance, harvest-
ing, etc., instead of staying stationary and having those
processes brought to the product by workers.
In a typical greenhouse, workers and processes move to
the growing area. In a manufacturing process, the product
is moved from process to process until it is done.
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