Report: Target to test vertical farming — in its stores

Target Corp. is planning to test an agricultural process that involves growing plants indoors in precisely programmed conditions.



The discounter plans to test vertical farms within select U.S. stores, according Business Insider. The idea grew out of the Food + Future CoLab, a collaboration between Target, Ideo and the MIT Media Lab.



“The idea is that by next spring, we’ll have in-store growing environments,” Casey Carl, Target’s chief strategy and innovation officer, told Business Insider.



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