Space10 prototypes a new food concept during the London Design Festival.

Lokal is a prototype of a salad bar in which ingredients are grown indoors, locally and vertically, using a hydroponic farming system - creating the perfect spring day, every day. Lokal is a fresh approach to food - serving delicious ingredients, right where they’re grown. Because the closer the better, both for people and the planet.

Hydroponic farming allows plants to grow up to three times faster than in fields, using 90 percent less water. This method produces much less spoilage and can be done locally, making it much more sustainable when powered by renewable energy sources.

Lokal could help develop a new, local supply chain—one that enables us to grow more food within our cities, and food that tastes great and is more nutritious, healthy and fresh all year round.

The purpose of the prototype during the London Design Festival was to test how Londoners felt about food grown hydroponically and, more importantly, whether they liked the taste of the microgreens. The results showed a strong support to the Lokal concept as well as the taste of this super fresh, new type of nutritious food.