Ohio-based 80 Acres Farms grows organic, pesticide-free produce using indoor farming, automation and controlled environment methods

Briefing

Ohio-based 80 Acres Farms grows organic, pesticide-free produce using indoor farming, automation and controlled environment methods

February 11, 2020

Briefing

  • Indoor Farming – 80 Acres Farms in Ohio uses vertical or indoor farming methods to produce tomatoes, leafy vegetables and other agriculture products in its 10,000 square foot warehouse
  • Controlled Environment – Automated LED lighting system controls the right environmental variables that will enable high quality crops to be grown
  • Lifting Robots – Two robots called Sam and Barney load and unload pallets to shipping containers that can hold 4,000 plants each, with four containers filling capacity of 40,000 plants
  • Automated Monitoring – Cameras in containers monitor plants while in-transit, with company looking to develop machine learning to identify pests, color deficiencies, variations in plant sizes and more to further automate quality checks and solve issues immediately
  • Fresh Distribution – Builds farms near stores, including one in Alabama and North Carolina, two in Arkansas and two in Ohio, to ensure freshness of supply
  • Business Model – Plans to sell technology and provide training and support to other farmers in future

Accelerator

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

Sector

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Information Technology

Function

Research and Development

Organization

80 Acres Farms

Source

Original Publication Date

February 9, 2020

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