Farming from afar

摘要

With software to handle much of the day-to-day tending of crops, vertical farmers will probably look after multiple farms remotely, claims Daniel Kluko of Green Spirit Farms. The app he and his colleagues are developing will allow farm managers to tweak nutrient levels and soil pH balance from a smartphone or tablet, and sound alarms if, say, a water pump fails on a vertical-growing system. "So if I'm over in London, where we're looking for a future vertical farm site to serve restaurants, I'll still be able to adjust the process in Michigan or Pennsylvania," says Kluko.