In one of World Horti Center's greenhouses, four students from the Horti Technics & Management course are busy growing young strawberry plants. The LED lighting is turning the greenhouse 'pink', the plants are getting fruit and there are bumblebees are flying around. A collaboration between MBO Westland, Vertify, and RED Horticulture is investigating the effect of LED lighting on strawberry cultivation. RED Horticulture has equipped the test site at World Horti Center - where they are also based - with the latest lighting technology. RE...

"Whilst we're in our first phase of the project, the team will be growing leafy greens year-round via a combination of a vertical farm and greenhouse complexes. Phase two will commence next year, so we can even improve those numbers reaching 620 tons of leafy greens per year and eventually dipping our toes into strawberries. Once the strawberry farm is set, we're projecting a yield of 12 tons per year," says Krisana Tamvimol, Founder and CEO of Distar Fresh. Mae Mo district has officially opened its green initiative project that includes a vertical farm faci...