At CES 2025, Jordanian company AirFarm introduced a new, innovative approach to indoor farming with its innovative inflatable modules that utilize aeroponics to grow crops faster and with never-seen-before efficiency.
By employing a micro mist aeroponic system, AirFarm achieves water usage reductions of up to 99% compared to traditional agriculture, making it a game-changer for water-scarce regions and urban farming.
“[At CES] last year, we got the best of innovation in human security. So, as you can see, we have targeted the food security market, especially in the Middle East and other places where water scarcity is really an issue, and then we help them to grow actual plants using their resources,” Jenna Kim, manager at Midbar, tells Interesting Engineering at CES 2025.
At the core of AirFarm’s innovation lies its advanced micro mist aeroponic system. By delivering nutrients through a fine mist sprayed directly onto the roots, the system optimizes plant growth while minimizing resource use.
Compared to hydroponic systems, AirFarm’s aeroponics cuts water usage by 90%, reduces fertilizer consumption by 60%, and eliminates pesticides entirely. This method supports diverse crops, from leafy greens to root vegetables like potatoes and carrots, maximizing yield while ensuring sustainability.
AirFarm simplifies agriculture with its integrated smart farming system, making it accessible even to beginners. The system is paired with a user-friendly smartphone app that provides real-time monitoring and control of essential cultivation factors, such as EC and pH levels, temperature, humidity, and Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD).
“We have successfully made our journey to the UAE, and they have successfully grown leafy greens in there. They’re using it in school cafeterias to provide salads. We have installed units in Japan,” Kim says.
Available in 10- and 20-foot sizes, AirFarm modules cater to diverse needs, including educational initiatives, research applications, and commercial farming. The 20-foot model aligns with standard container dimensions, making it ideal for scalable operations.
User feedback highlights successful deployments in regions like the UAE, Japan, and Jordan, where AirFarm has demonstrated its capability to bolster food security and adapt to varying climates.
Explaining what’s next for AirFarm, Kim says, “Next, we are planning to have vertical farming, so we would like to have a more scalable system because many of the agriculturists who want to try hydroponics usually tend to have a bigger size of their farm. So we would like to have a bigger farm with less energy.”
“We have this technology called nano climate control. So usually, in indoor smart farming, we have to control the whole space, especially if you have a greenhouse, then you have to cool the greenhouse environment to grow plants. But we’re trying to pull up just the cultivation beds and make the optimal environment for plants. By recapturing heat that comes out from the farm and using it to dry the waste that is coming out of the farm, we are trying to make a net zero farm,” Kim concludes.
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