Strong in Customization, Agile in Engineering
Harvesting the Future, On Your Terms
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From Seed to Product
We are a turnkey indoor vertical farming solutions provider
At Urban Crop Solutions, we have been combining factory engineering and indoor plant biology to offer end-to-end indoor vertical hydroponic farming solutions since 2014. It all starts with your crop, and the needs of your market. Based on years of research and real-life trials in our own research centre, we help you select the right plant varieties with the right growth algorithm for the requirements of your end-user.
We design, manufacture, and install automated plant factories that can scale to the needs of your business. We help you in your journey to yield and support your harvests. With us, you’ll be able to grow any crop under LED light anywhere on the planet, year-round. Let us join you in your journey to profit.
Applications and Industries
Food & nutrition
Research companies & institutes
Biotech & life sciences
Agriculture, industry & retail
Aromatics & cosmetics
Ornamentals
Some of Our Projects
Inagro
Inagro supports sustainable farming through research and innovation. At Agrotopia, its rooftop greenhouse, a new vertical farming tower by Urban Crop Solutions enables multi-level crop growth, combining natural sunlight and LED lighting to maximize space and improve cultivation efficiency.
Inalve
Urban Crop Solutions partnered with French biotech company Inalve to develop a customized indoor farming system for sustainable microalgae cultivation. Featuring spectrum-adjustable LED lighting and a tailored fertigation setup, the system enables scalable production of high-protein animal feed with reduced environmental impact.
Bread on Mars
A consortium led by Puratos, a global bakery supply company, in collaboration with Urban Crop Solutions is researching how to bake bread on Mars. Aside from carrying our research at their own research centre, Urban Crop Solutions has installed three custom FarmLabs at Puratos’ headquarters near Brussels, Belgium.
Our Contribution to Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a collection of 17 global goals, that were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. Indoor vertical farming contributes substantially to eight of these 17 goals.
Winner of SDG Award
We are the proud recipients of the SDG Award from the EU Tech Chamber. We were endorsed for our holistic approach to bringing food production closer to the point of consumption through indoor vertical farming, and our research into innovative waste reduction and recycling methods to make agriculture more circular.
In the Press
Urban Crop Solutions proudly announces the commissioning of the first innovative vertical farming tower at Agrotopia, the research center for sustainable agriculture in Roeselare.
UCS develops innovative solution for indoor microalgae cultivation
19 December 2024
Urban Crop Solutions’ project at Agrotopia boosts space efficiency in vertical farming, positioning Flanders as a leader in sustainable agri-food innovation and technology.
“Eliven Tropical” will be present at Fruit Logistica at booth C-01, where Urban Crop Solutions is delighted to share the progress of a cutting-edge research center in Malaga, Spain, showcasing exciting advancements in the field.
Partners in Our Exciting Journey
