Softbank and Bezos backed vertical farm startup has global expansion plans

Softbank and Bezos backed vertical farm startup has global expansion plans

“Plenty is a startup that has big vertical farming expansion plans $226 million in total venture funding. They plan to build a 100,000 square foot (2.3 acres) vertical-farming warehouse this year in Washington state outside of Seattle. That farm is expected to produce 4.5 million pounds of greens annually.

Plenty grows plants on 20-foot high towers with vertical irrigation channels and facing LED lights.

With the backing of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Plenty has the capital and connections build massive indoor farms on the outskirts of every major city on Earth, some 500 in all. In that world, food could go from farm to table in hours rather than days or weeks….”

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https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/11/softbank-and-bezos-backed-vertical-farm-startup-has-global-expansion-plans.html

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/11/softbank-and-bezos-backed-vertical-farm-startup-has-global-expansion-plans.html