The 'Vertical Smart Farm Pilot Project' for functional leafy vegetable cultivation, targeting farmers in Goyang Special City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Donghwan), is drawing significant attention. This is considered the first case of directly supporting a vertical smart farm in an actual agricultural setting.
The 'Vertical Smart Farm Pilot Project' was launched in response to the increasing difficulties of open-field and facility-based leafy vegetable production due to frequent heatwaves caused by recent abnormal weather patterns. The project aims to create an agricultural environment that enables stable, year-round production of leafy vegetables, unaffected by seasonal or climatic conditions.
This project was selected by Goyang City in 2024 as part of the 'Regional Vitalization Crop Base Establishment Project' by the Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, and will be fully implemented in 2025. After review by the 2025 Goyang City Agricultural Industry-Academia Cooperation Council, Greengreeng Agricultural Corporation was ultimately chosen as the project partner.
The vertical smart farm has been established in the form of a container-type vertical farm on farmland in Beopgot-dong, Ilsanseo-gu. It is operated as a facility equipped with a smart environmental control system for cultivating functional leafy vegetables.
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