Research & Development
Gooddrop's R&D ambition is to enable the transformation of cotton production from field to indoor farming, producing a sustainable, profitable crop that can be fully utilised by global retail companies and brands.
As Gooddrop's main research partner the University of Nottingham's plant and crop scientists bring together a major range of academic experience and expertise in delivering crop optimisation in controlled and field environments.
We have designed, built and delivered research units converted from containers to provide our own lab facility on site at the University campus which has been utilised to identify our cotton germplasm, and the profiles of cotton suitable for indoor farming. We have determined our propagation strategy and are planning the breeding and growing programme that will deliver our optimised Gooddrop Cotton.
Research in Action: Cotton plants growing in a controlled greenhouse environment at the University of Nottingham, as part of Gooddrop's innovative project to optimize cotton farming for indoor cultivation.
Cutting-edge Cotton Research: Gooddrop's R&D lab uses precise light wavelength, temperature, and nutrient control to optimise cotton growth for high-quality yields, forming the foundation for the company's vertically integrated farm-to-garment production model.
The R&D lab is crucial to Gooddrop's ongoing development as it will continue to establish the various recipes (mixture of light wavelength, temperature, humidity, nutrients) needed at the various stages of growth that will form part of the optimised solution to quality and high yield of our cotton.
At the same time we are developing architecture and engineering specifications for Gooddrop’s scale up farm, cotton spinning mill requirements, garment design and manufacturing operations that complete the vertical integration of our go-to-market model.