Jakarta, the largest city in Indonesia, eats the majority of the leafy greens grown there. In order to decentralize the food market, indoor vertical farms have started to appear in major cities around the nation in recent years. But can they grow at a size that allows them to compete with the cost of traditionally grown produce while also offering consumers year-round access to local greens and even microgreens?
Crops are grown in vertical farms like KropNation using soilless farming methods, technology, and ongoing monitoring data. At KropNation, we are able to provide a closer, more sustainable alternative to industrial farming by remotely monitoring and analyzing the data across our farms in real-time. We are also able to improve the way our produce grow to offer a fresher, tastier product all year long.
There’s a good chance you currently consume produce from indoor farms. The majority of indoor farms use innovative ways to grow their crops, unlike outdoor farms, which depend on water, sunlight, and occasionally luck, to produce fresh leafy greens and other products. We think that vertical farming will be crucial to the future of year-round, locally sourced, pesticide-free food production throughout Indonesia. Since the business is still young, yields will eventually rise while production costs will fall. There is a clear path to cost parity with greenhouses and traditional production techniques.
Without a question, vertical farms will contribute to feeding Indonesia’s expanding population, particularly as climate change makes outdoor farming more unpredictable. To produce food effectively and sustainably, the indoor farming sector as a whole is still working to identify the ideal strategy, whether that entails scattered or centralized indoor farms. An indoor farm needs a consumer who is open to trying new things, and the location of the indoor farm is just as crucial as who is building it.
In 2020, KropNation made its debut in Bali with the intention of streamlining the indoor farming process in order to make it more accessible and scalable. Fresh greens and microgreens are already available across Bali from KropNation, and now we are also aiming to reach a wider population while ensuring that all business foundations are covered before expanding.
You may have fresh local produce produced in your community by building smaller farms, or even many farms within a city. Consumer interest and brand loyalty may soon begin to grow for firms like KropNation that advocate for an alternate kind of agriculture that is healthier for the environment, the plants, and the people.
