Infineon Technologies Lighting Solutions for Urban Farming

Urban farming helps conserve the environment by eliminating the long transport distances and the associated negative environmental impacts. In the USA 98% of lettuce is grown in California and Arizona. In order to bring the produce to consumers in New York City, a truck or freight train has to travel as much as 4200 kilometers, consuming valuable energy all the way. And, since transportation costs have a substantial influence on the sales price of vegetables, urban farming concepts could even make produce less expensive.

Up to now fruit and vegetables from vertical farms have only been available in a small number of select supermarkets. But as a large number of horticulture projects show, vegetable fields and fruit orchards are headed for the cities, and modern LED technologies from Infineon play a key role in lighting the way to farms in megacities from India to Mexico.

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