Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Premium baby-leaf lettuce grown for desert hospitality

Crop Urbanis deployed precision nutrition, lighting and cold chain SOPs so a Dubai vertical farm could serve hospitality clients with consistent baby-leaf quality.

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Project overview

A Gulf vertical farm supplying luxury hotels needed to stabilise baby-leaf quality across heat waves and logistics windows. Crop Urbanis intervened to refine crop management and post-harvest operations.

Challenges & approach

Desert climate placed stress on HVAC redundancy and moisture control during harvesting.
Nutrient recipes required fine-tuning to maintain texture and flavour across seasonal seed lots.
Cold chain gaps reduced shelf life during distribution to hospitality clients.

Our contribution

Rebalanced HVAC setpoints and added humidity purge cycles for harvest windows.
Developed seasonally-adjusted nutrient and photoperiod schedules with automated monitoring.
Implemented packaging SOPs, rapid chilling and temperature logging through delivery.

Outcomes & proof

Metric	Result	Context
SOP revision	Delivered	Sowing density + harvest window
Recipe guidance	Delivered	EC, pH, Ca/Mg balance
QA forms	Delivered	Tray sampling and grading

Inline FAQs

How do you maintain cold chain reliability in desert conditions?

We introduced rapid chilling, insulated transport totes and live temperature logging with alert thresholds.

Can the recipes adapt to new seed suppliers?

Yes—our nutrient calculator includes seed lot coefficients so agronomists can adjust EC/pH targets quickly.

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