VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME

A vertical farming system, including: a plurality of tray-receptacles, each having a tray-surface area for a soilless growing environment for plants; a vertical supporting structure arranged and adapted to accommodate the plurality of tray-receptacles in a vertically stacked arrangement along a plurality of shelf positions; a tray-receptacle transport device arranged and adapted to move the tray-receptacles along the vertical supporting structure between the different shelf positions; an airflow-ducting device arranged and adapted to transport an airflow to and from the plurality of shelf positions; a plurality of vertically stacked airflow docking members to provide airflow from the air ducting device to the shelf positions; and a plurality of airflow-benches. Each airflow-bench is attached to at least one of the airflow docking members and is adapted to provide a downward-oriented airflow covering at least half of the tray-surface area of a tray-receptacle in a shelf position underneath the respective airflow-bench.