Green growth: British soil-free farming start-up prepares for first harvest
Airponix technology uses a nutrient-rich 'fog' instead of soil to grow vegetables, promising yields up to 50 times higher than commercial growers
Later this month British start-up Airponix will harvest its first large crop of potatoes grown without soil, in a promising sign for a technology that claims it can deliver high vegetable yields with minimal...
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