IUFoST Scientific Information Bulletin Addresses Food Science Issues - Indoor farming is gaining popularity with growers of fresh produce who wish to use minimal amounts of land and water. Soilless indoor farming methods include hydroponics, aquaponics, and aeroponics. Popular models of indoor farming utilize abandoned structures or shipping containers to build vertical farms. Many indoor farms are using high technology in automation and machine learning and are data driven to improve the production efficiency in operations. Indoor farming is not immune to pathogen contamination which can rapidly grow and spread due to closed environment. Indoor growers are realizing the importance of food safety for the crops grown indoors and are following the standards for food safety by keeping records of frequent audits or certifications, thus providing safer produce.
This SIB on Sustainable and safer indoor farming of produce using new technologies: challenges and opportunities was prepared by Assistant Professor Deepti Salvi, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences North Carolina State University, USA and Distinguished Professor Mukund V. Karwe, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, USA on behalf of, and approved by, the IUFoST Scientific Council. This and the other titles in the series of IUFoST Scientific Information Bulletins are available online at http://iufost.org/iufost-scientific-information-bulletins-sib.
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