This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212) supports the development of an autonomous, mobile crop monitoring system for vertical farms. The $174,980 award to Acreage Farms LLC will fund the build and integration of two 3D monitoring systems to collect environmental data, provide analytics, and enable farm control capabilities. This technology aims to reduce the high startup and operational costs associated with vertical farming by minimizing the need for stationary sensor networks. The project objectives are to develop and test the monitoring system, analyze the collected data, and assess the commercial viability of the solution. Completing this work is expected to help vertical farms optimize their growing environments, improve energy efficiency, and increase sustainable food production.
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