2024 Vertical Farming World Awards Finalists announced

The awards are organized by global food and drink experts Zenith Global. Celebrating excellence and innovation across the global vertical farming industry, entries were invited in 11 award categories spanning crops, technology, sustainability and commercial initiatives.

The Finalists

Best Resource Efficiency

• April Sun Farms – Sum of the Parts 'The Symphony'
• Gardin – Gardin Pulse
• Ljusgårda/Supernormal Greens – Eye-Opening Results: 50% Reduction in CO2eq Footprint
• SweGreen – Four Global Records for SweGreen: LCA Project with Royal Institute of Technology & Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Best Sustainability Initiative

• Bin Dasmal Group – Ekthaar
• Farmacy HK Limited – 200+ decentralised Smart Mobile Farm network across the city
• Heartee Foods – Heartee Gourmet Mushrooms/Advancing access to sustainably grown food

Best Community Impact Initiative

• Bin Dismal Group – Ekthaar
• Farmacy HK Limited – Youth Omakase – Young Entrepreneurs Incubation through Green Technology
• Innovation Agritech Group – IAG Educate
• The Growcer Inc – Growcer's modular vertical farms

Best Research and Development Contribution

• LettUs Grow – John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute & LettUs Grow's B12 fortification project
• Philips Horticulture LED Solutions – Unlock the Profit Potential of Your Vertical Farm with Intelligent Lighting
• Priva Horticulture BV – Priva ECO (Energy Cost Optimizer (Digital Twin))
• SweGreen – SweGreen R&D Portfolio behind Growing platforms FREJA & SAGA for in-store farming

Best Collaborations/Partnerships Initiative

• 80 Acres Farms – Infinite Acres Field Lab and Experience Centre
• Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research – Precision Indoor Plants (PIP)
• Innovation Agritech Group – IAG x University of Essex
• LettUs Grow – LettUs Grow's Aeroponic Licensing Programme

Best Start-up Innovation Achievement

• Farmacy HK Limited – Farmacy's innovative 'Farming as a Service' model
• Gardin – Gardin Pulse
• Origreen Greener Cities – Vertical Plant Optimization 'VPOT'
• Skytree – Skytree Cumulus

Best New Vertical Farming Facility

• Avisomo – Frøy Growth System
• Farmers Lab Ltd – BK Conveyor Culture
• Growy – Growy Amsterdam Farm
• Planet Farms – Cirimido Fully Automated Vertical Farm

Best Farm Design Innovation

• Freight Farms – Garden
• Growy – Growy Amsterdam Farm
• GrowPura – GPVFS
• Invertigro – InvertiCube crop-flexible plug-and-play farming solution

Best Product Marketing

• Bloemteknik – Align Platform / customisable vertical farming lighting solutions for optimised cultivation
• Heartee Foods – Heartee Foods/Building meaningful connections through digital marketing

Best Technology Advancement

• April Sun Farms – Hyper-Light 'Breaking Through the Barrier'
• Philips Horticulture LED Solutions – Optimized Philips Greenpower Production module for highest flexibility
• SweGreen – Launch of SweGreen SAGA Growing Platform
• TTA B.V. – CuttingEdge – sticking robot for cuttings

Best AI/Automation Development

• Avisomo – Frøy Growth System
• Ellepot A/S – Ellepot Live App
• Fotenix – ALPHA
• Gardin – Gardin Pulse

The 2024 Vertical Farming World Congress will be held in Frankfurt, Germany from 25 to 26 September. Livestream access is also available. Click here to access the entire program.

For more information:
Zenith Global
[email protected]
www.zenithglobal.com