Research foundations
Our founding team’s research explores new approaches to food production. Lux is building on that scientific perspective to develop an integrated fruit production system.
Hann et al., including Robert E. Jinkerson.
Related research into alternative routes for food production—not a measurement of Lux’s current facility performance.
Read the research (opens in a new tab)Why grow without sunlight?
Free sunlight doesn’t make the rest of farming free. Land, seasons, transport, and crop losses shape the cost of every harvest. We’re changing the equation at the plant.
Talk about the systemPlants use light to make sugars. We supply sugar through the growing medium and use low artificial light. That changes the design: compact plants in stacked vessels, rather than an outdoor crop under intense grow lights.
A vessel that doesn’t need direct sunlight can be arranged around production, not sun exposure. Put growing space near customers. Design for year-round harvests. Expand the system as demand grows.
We optimize for the cost of delivered fruit: feedstock, energy, climate control, sterile operations, labor, equipment, and losses together. That includes the agricultural inputs behind our sugar supply.
The target: better fruit at a competitive delivered cost.
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