Greater sustainability and improved nutrition through smart technology and supply chain logistics
SproutStack’s indoor farms help communities ‘live fresher’ by improving access to locally grown, sustainably farmed fresh produce year-round. By growing produce indoors, the company is able to control the growing environment precisely, resulting in consistent quality and shorter growing cycles. It deploys a mix of the latest commercially available technologies […]
From community vegie gardens to vast vertical farms, city-based cropping ventures are proliferating as the coronavirus pandemic up-ends food supply chains and heightens food-security fears.
It’s business not-quite-as-usual under COVID-19 restrictions, but Sydney-based start-up Sprout Stack is adapting to the new normal with increased hygiene and safety protocols and forward-looking ‘remote’ research.
Sprout Stack runs Australia’s only commercial-scale vertical farm, growing fresh salad greens in the Sydney metro area. And with COVID-19 disrupting supply chains worldwide, the company’s low-food-miles position is proving advantageous.