This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave.

This week's interview is with Emily Churchill, Director of Growing and Food Safety at Vertical Harvest Farms. Vertical Harvest builods and runs multistory greenhouses in urban areas with a model intended for replication in a multitude of socioeconomic and environmental landscapes.