UrbanFarmers AG acquires first restaurant customers

The “Lokdepot” project by Urban Farmers is most likely the first commercial-scale Aquaponic rooftop farm project of its kind worldwide. The farm covers a greenhouse area of 260 square meters and is planned to produce more than 5 tons of vegetables and 800 kilograms of fresh fish annually – enough to feed a local community of 100 people year-around.
 
Urban Farmers has acquired the first restaurant customers for the fish and vegetable produced in the rooftop farm: BaselCityStudios with Schmatz and Kulturrestaurant Parterre. Their Revolution.Basket.Pro Fish & Vegetable Abos will start next month.
 
The “LokDepot” farm is Urban Farmer’s commercial “proof of concept” rooftop farm. Andreas Graber, Head of R&D and Founder of UrbanFarmers AG, said at the launch of the project half a year ago: „We will operate the rooftop farm during an intensive pilot period of 18 months in close collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). This pilot phase will provide us with a real--_world testing environment and deliver a proof of concept on how to scale the rooftop farm design and its operating model for larger endeavors in Switzerland and beyond.”