An illuminated cultivation storage system comprising: a framework structure having a three-dimensional framework of horizontal and vertical structural elements forming a grid of vertical storage tunnels or horizontal storage tunnels; a plurality of storage containers for holding growing crops, the storage containers being configured to be introduced into the framework structure in a stacked formation in a vertical storage tunnel or in a train formation in a horizontal storage tunnel; a plurality of lighting devices arranged in the framework structure, each lighting device configured to illuminate at least one storage container; a transport system for moving said storage containers within the framework structure; and an illumination controller connected to each lighting device, each illumination controller configured to control light intensity of an associated lighting device in order to modulate growth of said growing crops illuminated by said lighting device; wherein the interior of the framework structure exhibits distinguishable climate zones, each climate zone having a set of growth parameters, including temperature, within predefined ranges, characterised in that the illuminated cultivation storage system comprises a growth monitoring station integrated with the framework structure and configured to receive a storage container, said growth monitoring station including: sensors for determining a current growth status of crops in a storage container received in the growth monitoring station, a growth controller connected to the transport system and configured to operate the transport system to move a selected storage container to the growth monitoring station, and to return the selected storage container to a designated climate zone based on the current growth status of crops in the selected storage container. a framework structure having a three-dimensional framework of horizontal and vertical structural elements forming a grid of vertical storage tunnels or horizontal storage tunnels; a plurality of storage containers for holding growing crops, the storage containers being configured to be introduced into the framework structure in a stacked formation in a vertical storage tunnel or in a train formation in a horizontal storage tunnel; a plurality of lighting devices arranged in the framework structure, each lighting device configured to illuminate at least one storage container; a transport system for moving said storage containers within the framework structure; and an illumination controller connected to each lighting device, each illumination controller configured to control light intensity of an associated lighting device in order to modulate growth of said growing crops illuminated by said lighting device; wherein the interior of the framework structure exhibits distinguishable climate zones, each climate zone having a set of growth parameters, including temperature, within predefined ranges, characterised in that the illuminated cultivation storage system comprises a growth monitoring station integrated with the framework structure and configured to receive a storage container, said growth monitoring station including: sensors for determining a current growth status of crops in a storage container received in the growth monitoring station, a growth controller connected to the transport system and configured to operate the transport system to move a selected storage container to the growth monitoring station, and to return the selected storage container to a designated climate zone based on the current growth status of crops in the selected storage container. sensors for determining a current growth status of crops in a storage container received in the growth monitoring station, a growth controller connected to the transport system and configured to operate the transport system to move a selected storage container to the growth monitoring station, and to return the selected storage container to a designated climate zone based on the current growth status of crops in the selected storage container.