SPICE SMASH

The Smart Plant Production in Controlled Environments (SPICE) app is the mobile companion app for the Smart Plant Production in Controlled Environments program. Through this app, you can monitor your SPICE-powered farms in real-time using sensors data and camera images.

The Smart Plant Production in Controlled Environments program takes advantage of electronics, sensors, and automation in a facility aimed at the promotion of controlled environments urban farming, and high-technology plant conservation in controlled environments.

The facility integrates the concepts of vertical farming, resource-efficient farming, and engineered microclimates. It is envisioned to be composed of outdoor greenhouses with one big structure serving as the main building. The main structure will house a living laboratory - a museum of sorts where visitors can see the various technologies; and a produce store where visitors can buy fresh vegetables grown onsite.

More than showing efficiency in food production the program aims to remove the visual of farming as a labor-intensive, backbreaking type of work. SPICE showcases all available technologies to provide food crops that are organic, easier to grow, use less water and energy, and grow faster and healthier.