Sprout Stack: Sustainable Farming with Vertical Hydroponics

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Introduction
 Sprout Stack is an Australian start-up that manages its business idea of
growing fresh produce without creating any harm on the environment.
 The company’s focus has been on the sustainability management to
produce best quality food without compromising the environment
 The thing that differentiates the business from the other companies in
the marketplace is its use of vertical hydroponics within the controlled
environment friendly farmyard (sproutstack.com.au 2018).
 Nowadays, customers need fresh food that are free from any harmful
chemicals or pesticides.
 The company aims to adopt the local culture and understand the needs
of people to deliver fresh produce.

Business idea
 Sprout Stack aims to use vertical hydroponics by maintaining a
automated hydroponic farm that are built within insulated shipping
containers.
 This helps in maintaining a proper temperature for growing the crops
and even manage chemical free fresh produce
 The farmyards consist of IoT automation system to monitor the
production consistently
 The company has been supplying these fresh produce to the local shops
and restaurants all over Australia
 The business start-up further aims to expand in other cities in Australia
along with focus on global expansion too (Scarborough 2016).