Erez Galonska says Infarm is tackling those limitations, and still sees urban farming as a potential game-changer in global food production.

“One of the burning questions of our times is how to feed 9 billion people by 2050,” he says. “We always thought the answer lies in asking the right question: How can 9 billion people feed themselves? Our mission was developing a technology to precisely target this challenge.”

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