Controller-operated vertical farming system using transportable modules

A vertical farming system comprising:

• a set of transportable farming modules, each module having a plurality of vertically arranged farming tiers, each tier having a distinct aqueous input, a distinct aqueous output, and a distinct lighting system and configured:
• (i) to provide physical support for growth of a set of crops;
• (ii) to support circulation of an aqueous nutrient solution for the crops;
• and
• (iii) to provide lighting for the crops;
• an aqueous nutrient solution circulation system, coupled to the distinct aqueous input of each tier and the distinct aqueous output of each tier and configured to cause circulation of the nutrient solution throughout the set of tiers of the module;
• a farming module processing system, configured:
• (i) to harvest a current set of crops that has been grown in a given set of tiers of a selected module;
• and
• (ii) to refill the given set of tiers of the selected module with a successor set of crops;
• a module transport system, configured to support transport of the selected module from a first location to the farming module processing system for processing and thereafter to a second location;
• and
• a farm controller, coupled to the module transport system, the aqueous nutrient solution circulation system, and the module processing system, the farm controller configured to implement lifecycle management of each set of crops.