This Airline Is Working With the World’s Largest ‘Vertical Farm’ for Fresher In-Flight Meals

Mar 22, 2019, 11:23 AM


In-flight meals that are actually enjoyable are few and far between. In part, that's because ingredients often need to be shipped hundreds or thousands of miles from farms to airports, meaning sometimes they're not exactly fresh. Singapore Airlines is aiming to change that with a "farm-to-plane" partnership announced Thursday with AeroFarms, a vertical indoor farming company.

In-flight meals that are actually enjoyable are few and far between. In part, that's because ingredients often need to be shipped hundreds or thousands of miles from farms to airports, meaning sometimes they're not exactly fresh. Singapore Airlines is aiming to change that with a "farm-to-plane" partnership announced Thursday with AeroFarms, a vertical indoor farming company.