'Extremely encouraging': Fischer Farms hails vertical farming wheat breakthrough

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Tristan Fischer, CEO at Fischer Farms
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Tristan Fischer, CEO at Fischer Farms

Vertical farming specialist says it has become the first UK firm to successfully grow a high-yield wheat crop using an indoor hydroponics system 

UK-based agriculture technology firm Fischer Farms has succeeded in growing the equivalent yield of 273 acres of wheat fields in a 10-acre vertical farming unit, the company revealed this week, marking...

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