ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,603, issued on Sept. 9.
"Vertical farming apparatus and a method of vertical farming" was invented by David James Moore (Sittingbourne, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical farming apparatus comprises a frame for supporting plant troughs or pots, a base for supporting the frame, and an array of gutters supported by the frame. The array of gutters comprises an upper formation of gutters above a lower formation of gutters. Containers for housing plants are supported by and arranged to drain into a gutter in the array of gutters. An irrigation system is arranged to irrigate the containers. The lower formation of gutt...