This isn’t traditional farming; it’s agriculture reimagined for the 21st century. No dirt under your nails. No crop seasons to worry about. Just smart tech feeding smart cities.

The farm, called ECO 1, is now the largest vertical farm in the world, with the more than 330,000-square-foot facility stacked with shelves growing lettuce, spinach, arugula, and mixed greens.

It is within such a landscape that Beyond Farming, a turn-key urban indoor vertical farm solution, was born in the Emirates in November 2024.

“There’s no leading vertical farm in the UAE right now that is commercializing strawberries. So, in fact, we would love to be the first one to test it and get it right,” says Phongsavanh.

The United Arab Emirates—one of the hottest, driest places you can find—has several existing vertical farms, but this week saw the opening of the biggest one yet. At 330,000 square feet—that’s more ...

“Our partners in the UAE, ReFarm, will use IGS’ vertical farming technology as an important part of their waste-to-value ‘GigaFarm’. Working alongside five other technologies, the 200, 12-metre-high ...

Emirates has opened the world’s largest hydroponic farm in Dubai. The 330,000sqft facility is geared to produce more than 1,000,000 kilograms of high-quality leafy greens annually, while ...

An AeroFarms facility in Newark, New Jersey. The company is developing a research center for indoor vertical farming in Abu Dhabi, UAE (Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) The earliest ...

Dubai-based Pearl Polyurethane Systems has supplied its EcoPearl rigid PU foam for insulation and cladding in what is claimed to be the world’s largest vertical farm. Bustanica, located near ...

Vertical farms have sprung up all around the developed world since the first one was opened in Singapore in 2012. However, most still struggle with high energy use, putting their further expansion ...