Dyson Engineers Develop Vertical Farming System for Efficient Strawberry Production

Dyson's Vertical Farming Innovation

• 💡 Dyson engineers developed a vertical growing system to improve farm activities and food production.
• 🍓 This system is a large rig, 5 meters tall, designed for high-density fruit production in a covered environment, specifically for strawberries.

System Design and Mechanics

• ⚙️ The system allows plants to be moved around to ensure every plant receives maximum natural energy from the sun, supplementing with LED light only when necessary.
• 💧 It includes a sophisticated water supply system that delivers water to plants and a dynamic collector that captures and recycles drained water.

Optimized Growing Conditions

• 🔬 The system incorporates Dyson-owned sensor packs with high-accuracy CO2, relative humidity, and temperature sensors.
• ☀️ An Apogee PAR sensor detects specific wavelengths of light that strawberry plants need, allowing for precise artificial light supplementation.

Production Uplift and Goals

• 📈 This vertical growing system achieves a two and a half times uplift in the output of the greenhouses.
• 🇬🇧 The aim is to enable farmers to produce high-quality food in England, improving Britain's food security and making food production more efficient.