# The sweet future of vertical farming

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2024
- Speaker: Hiroki Koga
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/hiroki_koga_the_sweet_future_of_vertical_farming)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can strawberries grown inside a building taste sweeter than those grown in a field? Farming entrepreneur Hiroki Koga explores how his team is combining solar-powered vertical farms with AI, robotics and indoor bee colonies to grow delicious strawberries year-round — and how this practice, if widely adopted, could deliver a harvest of benefits for the future of food.

## Lectures

1. [The sweet future of vertical farming](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/hiroki_koga_the_sweet_future_of_vertical_farming/61f8ef21f18b), 11 min (TED's player)