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// ★ VERTICAL FARMING

Grow up, not out.

Stacked tiers under spectrum-tuned light turn a small footprint into a year-round farm. Configure a rack in 3D and read its yield, water, energy, and unit economics — live.

// rack configuration

// derived

Grow area
1,200
Rack height
4 m
Delivered DLI
13.8 mol/m²/d
Target DLI
14 mol/m²/d
// compiling rack geometry
// rack designer — drag to orbit
yield modelLeafy Greens (Lettuce)10× tiers
14,040 kg
Yield / year
117
kg/m²/yr (footprint)
33.43×
vs. field
12
Cycles / year
154.4 m³
Water / year
703,553
Net kWh / year
$63,180
Revenue / yr (exp.)
Payback
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// HOW IT WORKS
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Cross-section — stacked trays, spectrum-tuned LED planes, vertical airflow, nutrient riser.
400nm700nmPAR — photosynthetically active radiationDLI target (leafy greens) ≈ 12–17 mol/m²/day
Spectrum-tuned LEDs concentrate energy in blue + red PAR peaks; plan to crop DLI.
~11.7 kg/m²/yr

Stacked systems can produce many times more per m² than open field — leafy greens commonly cited at up to ~10×, with controlled-environment facilities reporting on the order of ~11.7 kg/m²/yr. Extreme multiples are best-case, not typical.

Source: CEA facility reporting, 2025–2026· figures vary by crop, system & operator; as of 2026

~25–50% faster

Controlled environments can mature crops ~25–50% faster and lift yields by roughly ~30–35% versus soil, enabling year-round continuous production.

Source: controlled-environment agronomy, 2025–2026· figures vary by crop, system & operator; as of 2026

~28–40% energy saved

Photosynthesis is driven by PAR (≈400–700 nm); plan to crop DLI targets — leafy greens commonly ~12–17 mol/m²/day. Spectrum-tuned LEDs have shown ~28–40% energy savings while sustaining ~2–3× yield/m² in reported vertical operations.

Source: horticultural lighting studies, 2025–2026· figures vary by crop, system & operator; as of 2026

Segal vertical-farm module — 12-tier leafy-green configuration.