System and method for determining indoor farming efficiency and benefits

A method for determining indoor farming efficiency and benefits, comprising:

• receiving a status report indicative of a crop being grown by an indoor farm;
• determining quantities of farm inputs to the indoor farm to grow the crop based on received metered data;
• determining a quantity of produce expected at an end of a grow cycle of the crop based on the status report;
• calculating traditional inputs to a traditional farm to grow an equivalent quantity of produce;
• and
• generating an efficiency and benefits report for the indoor farm based on differences between the traditional inputs to the traditional farm and the quantities of the farm inputs to the indoor farm.

A software product comprising instructions, stored on computer-readable media, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, perform steps for determining indoor farming efficiency and benefits, comprising instructions for:

• receiving a status report indicative of a crop being grown by an indoor farm;
• determining quantities of farm inputs to the indoor farm to grow the crop based on received metered data;
• determining a quantity of produce expected at an end of a grow cycle of the crop based on the status report;
• calculating traditional inputs to a traditional farm to grow an equivalent quantity of produce;
• and
• generating an efficiency and benefits report for the indoor farm based on differences between the traditional inputs to the traditional farm and the quantities of farm inputs to the indoor farm.