Touch the Soil News #2030 (photo – Lettuce Greens) ( CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Oregon State University)
At almost 8 acres of indoor space, this vertical farm is capable of producing almost 6,000 lbs. of fresh leafy greens a day. Now that is a lot of salad, when calculating about 5 servings of salad for every pound. Bustanica means your garden or orchard in Arabic.
The facility cost $40 million to build and is totally hydroponic (soil-less). At any given time there can be over 1 million plants growing. You can read the full story here:
