"Vertical Farming": In-Person Badger Talk in Oregon, WI

This is a free, in-person event hosted on October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM CDT by Anderson Park Friends, Inc. at 1138 Union Rd, Oregon, WI 53575-2742, United States. This event is a part of their annual meeting. Attendees are asked to complete an R.S.V.P: https://www.andersonparkfriends.org/calendar. This event will not be available virtually.

Vertical farms are artificial, indoor environments where layers of electrically lighted crops that would otherwise spread out over acres of farmland can be stacked on top of each other.

The promise of vertical farming — grow crops anytime, anywhere — is fantastic. Promoters speak of a world where wheat cultivated in a repurposed warehouse is milled for flour and baked into cupcakes, all on the same city block. The benefits of vertical farming are real, but so are the costs. Like other innovative technologies, vertical farming is a tool, but is it always the best one for the job?

Johanna Oosterwyk is the manager of the DC Smith Instructional Greenhouse at UW Madison. She teaches classes in greenhouse management and plant care for the UW Department of Horticulture.

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• Next Monday, 29th September, 06:30 pm, "Why does good food go bad?" In-person Badger Talk in West Bend, WI in West Bend

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