Soli Organic
Crop: Herbs and leafy greens
Solution: Automation for Indoor Biofarms
Location: Seven growing facilities around the US
Vertical farming with Bosman Van Zaal is the answer for you when you want:
- Maximum control over all vertical farming growing conditions;
- To make smart use of climate: 25% saving on energy consumption for HVAC;
- To cultivate with maximum hygiene;
- An integral solution: from sowing to harvesting;
- To intensify a certain cultivation phase to a maximum extent;
- A reliable partner with 30 years of vertical farming experience.
Maximum control
Does your work require the highest standards in areas such as hygiene, and tracking and tracing? As well as in uniform production or controlled cultivation conditions? The quality of the basic product, growing environment and processing is of vital importance when vertical farming. Especially when producing crops destined for food, research, medicines or cosmetics.
Bosman Van Zaal helps to realise the most perfect cultivation environment possible. When designing complete vertical farms, hygiene and efficiency are key. And we achieve this with logistical cultivation systems, robotics, and advanced tracking and tracing software.
Smart use of climate
Everything starts with knowing exactly what you want to do with your indoor farm. And with knowing what your crop, environment and climate is like. All principals must be clear before making your final design. Although there is no one-size-fits-all solution, a good design always start with clear principals!
Is your facility located in a climate where you can use a way of free cooling? Then you can save up to 80% of your energy consumption on your cooling and drying capacity. Especially compared to doing the whole load with mechanical cooling. You can also save energy by optimising your growing conditions for your crop. Because a good design of airflow around your crop can easily result in a better yield, growth and uniformity. And it can allow a higher temperature and humidity. Subsequently, this can result in using more free cooling and a lower energy consumption of your refrigeration installation.
Maximum hygiene
Bosman Van Zaal specialises in developing and manufacturing maximum hygiene solutions. Especially for ready-to-eat vegetable production, pharmaceutical crop production, medicinal cannabis, plant-based vaccine production and research. Food-grade and even pharma-grade.
For example, we realise phenotyping and breeding projects for vegetables, maize, and soy seed companies. As well as research facilities for universities, such as Wageningen and Purdue University. We know that an ultra-clean growing environment and consistent quality of raw materials are of the autmost importance.
Smart integral solutions
Our team consists of experienced engineers, technicians, and programmers in areas of expertise such as data, cultivation, vertical farming, and internal logistics.
We design and manufacture everything in-house at our head office and modern factory. This ensures a high level of flexibility and accessibility. Characteristics of which we are very proud!
Vertical Farming Reference Projects
Vertical Farming whitepaper
Due to Bosman Van Zaal's many years of experience with the realisation of vertical farms, we regularly receive questions about the opportunities and possibilities of Vertical Farming principles. We have summerised these questions. And we provide answers to the most frequently asked ones in our whitepapers.
Vertical Farming Installations
Automation
Systems for semi or fully automated transport of plants during the cultivation process
Upstream and Downstream
Equipment to automate the complete process from sowing to harvesting and packing
Data
Our in-house developed POLARIKS platform includes five modules and supports CEA and autonomous growing
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Our Vertical Farming Experts
Learn more about our technical solutions for vertical farming. Or ask questions relating to your own specific situation.
Jacob and Edwin, our vertical farming experts, are happy to help, and perhaps partner with you!