Vertical farming requires up to 98pc less water than conventional growing methods and does not use insecticides, pesticides, or herbicides.
Fischer Farms, a UK-based vertical farming firm chaired by Irish food entrepreneur and investor John Stapleton, is looking to several countries including Ireland for potential future expansion. Vertical farming is where crops are stacked in layers.
Stapleton sold the New Covent Garden Soup company in 1998 and then later sold children’s food firm Little Dish in 2017.