Passengers on Emirates and other airlines can look forward to forking these delicious leafy greens, including lettuces, arugula, mixed salad greens, and spinach, onboard their flights from July. A continuous production cycle ensures the produce is super fresh and clean, and grown without pesticides, herbicides, or chemicals. At any point in time, the facility grows in excess of 1m cultivars (plants), which will provide an output of 3,000 kgs per day.īustanica is driven by powerful technology – machine learning, artificial intelligence and advanced methods – and a highly specialised in-house team that includes agronomy experts, engineers, horticulturists and plant scientists. Located near Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, the 330,000sqft facility is geared to produce more than 1,000,000 kilograms of high-quality leafy greens annually, while requiring 95% less water than conventional agriculture. The facility is the first vertical farm for Emirates Crop One, the joint venture between Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations serving more than 100 airlines, and Crop One, an industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming. Bustanica will annually save in excess of 250 million litres of water and produce over 1 million kgs of produce that are free of pesticides, herbicides and chemicals.ĭubai, UAE, 18 July 2022 – Bustanica has opened the doors to the world’s largest hydroponic farm, backed by an investment of US$40m.Bustanica has unveiled its 330,000sqft environmentally controlled farm facility, with an investment of US$40 million.

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