New Jersey, U.S.A.
Commercial indoor farming using LED lights with aeroponic feeding and irrigation to produce arugula, spring mix, kale, and watercress, which is sold in local supermarkets. This aeroponic system involves spraying a nutrient-rich solution on the roots of the plants which dangle from racks of porous mats in an old industrial building in Newark, New Jersey. This technology aims to provide locally grown food in an urban environment, with the possibility of farm-to-market in the same day with recycled water, even during cold winter months. This sophisticated innovation struggles to compete on a cost basis with conventional farms, which have much lower infrastructure, energy, fertilizer, and labor costs when grown at a greater distance from urban centers.
