A high density horticulture growing system comprises a plurality of containers in which crops are grown and one or more elevator devices to automatically move the containers between vertically spaced levels of one or more modular racks. Each elevator device comprises a carrier to transport the containers between the vertically spaced levels and a ram to push the containers from the carrier onto one or more longitudinal supports at the vertically spaced levels. A first conveying device moves containers at least horizontally from a crop planting area to each rack and a second conveying device moves containers at least horizontally from each rack to a crop storage area. One or more processors control movement of the containers, watering of the crops, temperature, lighting and other parameters of the system. A plurality of the high density horticulture growing systems are in communication with a centralised data monitoring and collection system for the transmission and reception of data relating to the growing of
