Disclaimer: I've grown tomatoes, strawberries and weed indoors with artificial lighting.
As long as there is no shocking event like global drought or famine I do not think vertical farming or indoor farming will be a norm anytime soon as it takes massive, massive amount of energy/capital.
That being said, the moment we figure out using fusion energy, conventional farming will most probably vanish.
Also R&D on agriculture robots is a nice side perk, there is only so much to automate in agriculture & horticulture.
As long as there is no shocking event like global drought or famine I do not think vertical farming or indoor farming will be a norm anytime soon as it takes massive, massive amount of energy/capital.
That being said, the moment we figure out using fusion energy, conventional farming will most probably vanish.
Also R&D on agriculture robots is a nice side perk, there is only so much to automate in agriculture & horticulture.