The winners of the Vertical Farming World Awards 2024 were announced on 25 September at a Gala Dinner during the 5th annual Vertical Farming World Congress in Frankfurt.
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 companies that were nominated for the awards
The Winners:
Best Resource Efficiency
- SweGreen – Four Global Records for SweGreen: LCA Project with Royal Institute of Technology & Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Joakim Ritterborg of Swegreen
Best Sustainability Initiative
- Farmacy HK Limited - 200+ decentralized Smart Mobile Farm network across the city
Best Community Impact Initiative
- Innovation Agritech Group – IAG Educate
Best Research and Development Contribution
- LettUs Grow - John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute & LettUs Grow's B12 fortification project
Nick Green with LettUs Grow
Best Collaborations/Partnerships Initiative
- Innovation Agritech Group – IAG x University of Essex
Best Start-up Innovation Achievement
- Origeen Greener Cities – Vertical Plant Optimization 'VPOT'
Jessica Gomez with Origeen
Best New Vertical Farming Facility
- Planet Farms – Cirimido Fully Automated Vertical Farm
Roel Janssen with Planet Farms
Best Farm Design Innovation
- Growy – Growy Amsterdam Farm
Ard en Laura van de Kreeke with Growy
Best Product Marketing
- Bloemteknik - Align Platform / customizable vertical farming lighting solutions for optimized cultivation.
James Fleet, Charlie Benson with Bloemteknik, joined by Nemanja Rodic with Lumen8
Best Technology Advancement
- TTA B.V. – CuttingEdge – sticking robot for cuttings
Renko Schuil with TTA
Best AI/Automation Development
- Gardin – Gardin Pulse
Richard Hall (Zenith), Fuling Li (Welsh Government), Francesca Hall and Matilda Grove with Zenith and Edwart Burt (Welsh Government) proudly showing off the 'fluid gold'
On top of the awards, the Welsh Government had a lottery that gifted limited edition whiskeys from their homecountry which were very much appreciated.