iFarm, a technology company enabling IT-driven farming in controlled environments, announced the start of construction of the vertical farm with its technologies in Switzerland.
The client is the Swiss company Hygrow. Based on the iFarm StackGrow technology, this robotic farm will start operations in summer 2025.
The vertical farm will have a 1,031 m² cultivation area, and will produce green crops, amounting to several tons of greens per month. The yield will be distributed to the country’s major retail chains.
“In recent years, we saw significant challenges for the vertical farming industry in Europe. iFarm successfully navigated this period, thanks to various projects in the MENA countries and Indonesia,” said Alex Lyskovsky, founder and CEO at iFarm. “In 2024, we re-emerged in the European market with our top-notch, fully automated system, now in construction in Switzerland.”
The farm will utilize iFarm StackGrow technology, a fully automated system with mobile trays for growing plants on vertical farms. The robotic farm will have automated systems for planting, washing trays and cutting plants.
Founded in 2017, with headquarters in Abu-Dhabi (UAE), iFarm has operational and in-construction farms in Europe, the Middle East and Asia with a total growing area over 70 000 m².