Indoor farming, with its controlled environment, holds a lot of advantages over conventional farming. But there are also drawbacks, including the cost of lighting needed to grow the plants.

One advanced indoor farming company hopes to remove light from the process — essentially growing food in the dark.

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Tobias Peggs

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Kimbal Musk

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This Square Roots farm outside of Chicago is one of five commercial-scale farms the company owns throughout the Midwest.

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Leafy greens grow inside a Square Roots grow zone in Grand Rapids, Mich. The company is developing a technology that would allow plants to grow with little or no light.

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A spectrum experiment at Square Roots is evaluating the effects of light treatment on the growth of basil plants. The company is developing plants that need little or no light to thrive.

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