Oct 24, 2016

Vertical Designs receives permit to build vertical strawberry farm

Vertical Designs has received permits to build a vertical farm producing strawberries under the license agreement with Affinor Growers. Construction will begin in early 2017 and currently in the process of finalizing purchase orders required to begin construction and ordering the vertical farming equipment.

Vertical Designs has also approved the purchase of Pomphrey Industries Corporations’ 25 kW dual axis solar tracker to offset strawberry photoperiod energy consumption. In addition, they will be installing an 11 parameter weather station and remote monitoring package to confirm location specific energy requirements for Vertical Designs’ 11,320 sq. ft. commercial scale facility.

The facility will consist of a minimum of 24 towers purchased from Affinor Growers for roughly $800,000.