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LettUs Grow digs for victory with aeroponic farm modules

  • April 22, 2020
  • 9:22 am

Innovate vertical farm will produce fresh food in 10 days and will donate the fresh produce to those in need in Bristol.

LettUs Grow, an indoor farming technology provider, is fast-tracking the building of two vertical farm modules in the city of Bristol during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Jack Farmer, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of LettUs Grow said: “When we founded LettUs Grow, we wanted to enable anyone, anywhere in the world, to grow fresh produce near its point of consumption. That mission has hardly ever felt as urgent as it does today. We knew we had to get involved and help in any way we could.

“Because our farm modules can be deployed anywhere with an electricity and water supply, they are uniquely positioned to increase regions’ food supply chain resilience by diversifying local food production.”

The first of the new aeroponic farm modules to be ready to start producing fresh produce from mid-April, with the first harvests ready just ten days later.

Because most of the farm’s operations are automated, they can be run with only one person on site at any given time to allow social distancing of key workers and minimising strain on an already stretched farm labour force.

Once up and running, the farms will be able to provide a consistent, predictable and climate-resilient food supply to the local community all year round.

The coronavirus outbreak has shone a spotlight on the fragility of the UK’s just-in-time food supply chain.

The UK only produces 50% of the food it consumes, which leaves it vulnerable to shocks in the global supply chain. The closures and lockdowns enforced due to the pandemic, have created logistical bottlenecks that ripple across these lengthy chains.

To ensure the produce gets to those who need it most, the food produced in these farm modules will be donated locally.

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