For years, vertical farming has been framed as a breakthrough: climate-proof, efficient, local, and endlessly scalable. And to a point, that optimism was justified. Controlled-environment agriculture has delivered consistent crops in places where traditional agriculture struggles. It has shown what’s possible when growing conditions can be engineered rather than left to weather patterns and seasons. But before diving in, it’s worth clarifying what we mean by vertical farming . It’s easy to...

At GyroPlant, innovation doesn’t stop at how we grow plants. It also extends to the materials we use. Every decision we make balances...

In Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), substrate choices are often presented as binary: either you're growing 100% substrate-free,...