Giant vertical farm opens in Denmark


A robot, used to plant seeds and check the plants while growing, moves past vertical racks at the vertical plant farm Nordic Harvest based in Taastrup, a suburb west of Copenhagen, Denmark. — AFP

A purple glow illuminates stacked boxes where lettuce, herbs and kale will soon be sprouting at one of Europe's biggest "vertical farms" which has just opened in a warehouse in an industrial zone in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Fourteen layers of racks soar from floor to ceiling in this massive, 7,000sq m (75,350sq ft) hangar used by Danish start-up Nordic Harvest.

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