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Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

Vertical farm cuts energy use 75 per cent by using sunlight

7 April 2023

A vertical farm built inside a greenhouse in Texas can produce hundreds of thousands of heads of lettuce with significantly less energy than usual

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