FoodBox: IoT Powered, Small Scale Vertical Farm to Enable Indoor Farming in Urban Areas

Project Highlights

U-Farm Technologies U16, a startup from Pondicherry, did the project in the sector urban areas/cities.

One of the problems in this sector is with respect to getting fresh food products.

Lack of fresh and nutritious pesticide-free food for rapidly rising urban population
Unsustainable farming practices to meet rising demand of population
Lack of connection with farming and food in urban areas
Energy and food wastage during transportation and storage (~40%)

To solve this issue, the team came up with the concept of FoodBox.

Who is Behind this Project?

The team is led by Mr. Utsav Gudhaka and the team members are

Utsav Gudhaka
Vatsal Gudhaka

What is the Project all about?

The project is about creating a food box – which is a fully automated IoT enabled small scale vertical farming appliance for homes to provide nutritious and organic vegetables all year long.

What is the Uniqueness of the Solution?

Restaurants & Retail
- Unique marketing opportunity to attract new health conscious customers
- Being able to provide fresh and tastier food
Urban Population
- Possibility to eat pesticide free, fresh food which tastes better!
- Possibility to connect with food in Urban areas
Planet
- Cut down on food wastage in transportation (~40%)
- Use 90% less water in growing food
- Decrease pressure on land to mitigate land degradation