Berlin supermarket pairs retail with a rooftop hydroponic farm
A REWE supermarket in Berlin's Lankwitz district combines retail with a rooftop hydroponic farm developed with ECF.
KBVN+ desk·15 September 2026·1 min readOriginal reporting published:
Photo: REWE
The roughly 3,000-square-metre growing area supplies produce directly to the store below. Rainwater, recovered heat and solar power support operations.
The company says the arrangement eliminates emissions from transporting that produce to the supermarket. This claim concerns the logistics stage, rather than the entire production lifecycle.
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