Vertical Farming Feasibility: The Opportunities and Challenges of Adapting Vertical Agriculture

As the human population continues to increase and land becomes more valuable, a day will come when people cannot completely rely on the produce from conventional farms. This study focuses on the technologies and challenges of adapting vertical farming as a new solution to feed the world’s population and potentially change our food system. The goal of this study is to analyze the theory and the potential of vertical farming in addressing the issues that exist in today’s food system. This study also conducts a comparison between the greenhouse system and vertical farming to determine the differences and the potential benefits behind vertical farming. Finally, to evaluate the feasibility of vertical farming, this study gives an opinion about the challenges to be overcome in this field and defines if vertical farming is a viable option to supply food to cities in an energy efficient and sustainable way.