VERTICAL FARMING WHAT IS VERTICAL FARMING? Vertical farming is that the practice of manufacturing food on vertically inclined surfaces rather than farming vegetables and other foods on one level, like in an exceeding field or a greenhouse, this method produces foods in vertically stacked layers commonly integrated into other structures sort of a skyscraper, shipping container or repurposed warehouse. Using Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) technology, this contemporary idea uses indoor farming techniques. unnatural control of temperature, light, humidity, and gases makes producing foods and medicine indoor possible. In many ways, vertical farming is analogous to greenhouses where metal reflectors and artificial lighting augments natural sunlight. WHO, WHEN, AND WHERE? In the 1980s, Åke Olsson, a Swedish ecological farmer, invented a spiral-shaped rail system for ...