Vertical options draw youth to growing in South Korea
Source: VFD.com
Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news! Vertical options draw youth to growing in South Korea When the container door, an automated vertical farm in Geumgu-myeon, Gimje-si, Jeollabuk-do, was opened, about 2,200 basil were placed on a shelf on the sixth floor.
Farmer Shin Moon-seok said, "I think basil is the easiest crop to grow," adding, "People do not move, but harvest and trim (basil shelves) when they come to the right side with an automated system." The YouTube video, which introduced a container vertical farm equipped with light, temperature and humidity control, and automatic watering system, was posted on the official YouTube channel of the agricultural company "Nubo" in July last year and played about 130,000 times. There are many videos showing the problems that farmers face in the field and introducing cultivation techniques that can be used in practice.
Why this matters: This matters less as a controls story and more as a knowledge-transfer story. Operators should notice that practical content, demonstrations, and field-facing education can shape technology adoption faster than polished marketing alone.
