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Urban Crop Solutions proudly announces the commissioning of the first innovative vertical farming tower at Agrotopia, the research center for sustainable agriculture in Roeselare. This groundbreaking installation marks a significant milestone in the incorporation of vertical farming in traditional greenhouse farming. Designed by Urban Crop Solutions, the tower allows Agrotopia to grow crops on multiple levels, maximizing space efficiency, within their existing roof top greenhouse.The system is supported by dynamic lighting that combines natural sunlight with LED lights.

Urban Crop Solutions embraces the challenge of enhancing space efficiency in agriculture and horticulture. The 12-meter-high vertical greenhouse of Agrotopia in Belgium becomes the remarkable stage for an innovative project marking a significant transformation in the field of vertical horticulture. The project's objective is to provide effective solutions for space utilization, positioning Flanders as a leader in innovation and sustainability within the agri-food industry.

Urban Crop Solutions embraces the challenge of enhancing space efficiency in agriculture and horticulture. The 12-meter-high vertical greenhouse of Agrotopia in Belgium becomes the remarkable stage for an innovative project marking a significant transformation in the field of vertical horticulture. The project's objective is to provide effective solutions for space utilization, positioning Flanders as a leader in innovation and sustainability within the agri-food industry.

"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. This new facility is poised to pioneer the future of indoor vertical agriculture in the southern region of Spain.

Urban Crop Solutions, a leading provider of advanced vertical farming solutions, is proud to announce that they have started a collaboration and delivered an advanced indoor vertical farm installation to BASF, a global leader in the agriculture and chemical industry. This installation will be used to accelerate the development by BASF of different projects related with new agricultural solutions in a more sustainable way.

Urban Crop Solutions, globally renowned for its innovative approaches to vertical farming, has made a remarkable contribution to the food industry by providing its advanced Indoor Vertical Farming solution to Aixponic in Germany. Aixponic, a leading company in aquaponic technology, has successfully cultivated saltwater plants for the food industry using this groundbreaking technology.

An indoor farming solution designed, manufactured, and installed in Saudi Arabia by Urban Crop Solutions once again demonstrated its quality and functionality through its purpose-built climate system. Despite extreme temperatures of +50°C measured in the shade, the innovative climate system performs remarkably well. With increasing awareness of climate change and the limited availability of natural […]

The UCS research centre is operated by the team of experienced plant scientists and the company’s Chief Science Officer. The trials carried out at the centre have already been used across numerous sectors, and the company’s clients range from the food & nutrition to biotech & life sciences sectors.

AlfaTech will become the integration and service partner for the products of Urban Crop Solutions in the South East Asian region. After an already first successful joint project for the National University of Singapore, both technology companies will now work together for indoor vertical farming projects.

UCS has been named the fourth Most Innovative company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by Fast Company. The only indoor farming company to be named in this category, it stood out for the launch of PharmSpee – a platform enabling the use of plants for the production of ingredients for the biopharmaceutical, life science, cosmetics, or feed industry.