Protected Ag, Indoor, and Vertical Farming Industry Needs Survey

Company Name

There are three major problem areas of industry needs for indoor/urban agriculture. Please indicate how significant each of these areas has been for your operation(s) with 1-5 with 1 being your most significant operational problem, and 5 being "not an issue at all."

Siting and other policy issues

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Huge problem, 5 is Not an issue

Tech transfer—identifying appropriate technologies, cost/benefit of different techniques, etc.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Huge problem, 5 is Not an issue

“Soft infrastructure”—lack of workforce with appropriate training, lack of appropriate food safety recommendations and audits (mostly for aquaponics), lack of buyer familiarity with indoor agriculture, etc.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Huge problem, 5 is Not an issue

For each of these areas (siting/policy, tech transfer, and soft infrastructure) please give a description of problems your operation has encountered.

Approximately how much has each of these issues cost your operation? (Please only give what information you feel comfortable disclosing.) This information will assist the association in identifying budget priorities and pitching solutions to lawmakers, regulators, granting agencies, retailers, etc.

Please describe any other issues your company has had that are not addressed in one of these three areas, but would be a good fit for solutions from a trade association.