Farming and agriculture are one of the essential things for the survival as it provides fodder for cattle as well as the human being. Farming nurtures the Mother Nature, but with the increasing population growth and booming buildings, there will be a lack of availability of agricultural lands.

With the expanding uses of technology, farming becomes more convenient and feasible. Scientists and researchers have been working for many years. And resultantly, they have been through several innovations. The vertical farming is one of technologies system fastest growing and light systems to grow plants in an indoor area.

Vertical farming

Vertical farming is about trying to grow more plants in a limited area that means going upward. In such technique, you will not have to cover the large area rather you will have a stack of crops going upward into buildings. Such type of farming is associated with a city or urban agriculture. Vertical farming is required for the expansion of crop yield without growing the land area.

Before beginning the process of vertical farming for a particular crop, you must check its economic viability, timing, and liability of the crop. After extensive analysis and practical implementation on various crops, we are listing down the name of crops for the farmers because they should grow what they can sell. Here's the list of some plants:

Lettuces

Salads are easy to grow plants and have consistent demand all around the world. There are many varieties of lettuces that add fun to grow and feasible crop to generate profit.

Kales

Kales are very easy to grow, but it needs extra care during harvesting if the farmers are to get the maximum yield.

Chard & collard greens

Collard greens are similar to spinach, but these are bigger ones than spinach. Chard is the friendly version of collard greens. French green cooks like spinach.

Mint & chives

Mint and chives, both comes under the category of herbs. These both herbs grow densely and best for the beginners.

Basil (cinnamon, lemon)

Everyone loves basil, and it is a ZipGrow crop as it grows better in it. It is quite trickier to grow, store & harvest.

Grow small woody herbs

You can grow small woody herbs like thyme, rosemary, oregano, etc. Such types of crops have a relatively slow growing cycle. These plants are unique and have market demand, so the farmers can manage to sell it.

Vertical farming has proven successful for such type of crops that can deliver you actual costing as well as profit of the yield.