You need to check out EzGro Garden. It demonstrates the following characteristics:
Produces approximately 20 times the normal production volume for field crops. Requires 5% of the normal water requirements for field crops. Can be built on non-arable lands and close to major city markets. Can work in many environments: urban, suburban, countryside, desert. significant operating and capital cost savings. Easily scalable from small to very large food production
I'm not sure that plants grown in a "human controlled environment" are of the same quality. Plants need attackers and troubles in order to develop in a way that is healthy for us. A controlled environment (as I know from Almeria) may grow products that "look" like naturally grown plants, but they are what we call water-bombs. Nothing in it except a lot of water. But maybe people are buying vegetables by how they look and not by how they taste.
@AlMayer1100 NASA has done studies on the topic of nutritional content of aeroponic food. They found the aeroponic plants to be more nutritious then their conventional counterparts. Also in double blind taste studies people prefer the taste of hydronic/aeroponic vs conventional. This technology also will be able to grow food in far less space - being able to have less impact on the environment, and we may even be able to return current farm land to its wild state. please do your research
Cost would not be an issue if we evoloved beyond money. If we care about the envirionment and the future of humanity we have to do that. The Venus Project has some good ideas.
You need to check out EzGro Garden. It demonstrates the following characteristics:
Produces approximately 20 times the normal production volume for field crops. Requires 5% of the normal water requirements for field crops. Can be built on non-arable lands and close to major city markets. Can work in many environments: urban, suburban, countryside, desert. significant operating and capital cost savings. Easily scalable from small to very large food production
vcxlarry 3 months ago
I trust him because there's a microscope on his desk.
natdavi 4 months ago
I'm not sure that plants grown in a "human controlled environment" are of the same quality. Plants need attackers and troubles in order to develop in a way that is healthy for us. A controlled environment (as I know from Almeria) may grow products that "look" like naturally grown plants, but they are what we call water-bombs. Nothing in it except a lot of water. But maybe people are buying vegetables by how they look and not by how they taste.
AlMayer1100 5 months ago
@AlMayer1100 NASA has done studies on the topic of nutritional content of aeroponic food. They found the aeroponic plants to be more nutritious then their conventional counterparts. Also in double blind taste studies people prefer the taste of hydronic/aeroponic vs conventional. This technology also will be able to grow food in far less space - being able to have less impact on the environment, and we may even be able to return current farm land to its wild state. please do your research
rileysault 5 months ago
I appreciate the insight that has been shared with this topic on Vertical Farming.
waellerbe 6 months ago
Doesn't seem very low energy though if the curtains have to keep moving the whole time. I think you're better of using LEDs for low energy lighting.
Illchangeitlater 6 months ago
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Cost would not be an issue if we evoloved beyond money. If we care about the envirionment and the future of humanity we have to do that. The Venus Project has some good ideas.
nansir 6 months ago
just talks about the advantage >>>> so we need to know what is the disadvantage of these facts???????
ali70180 1 year ago
What about all the bisphenol-a contamination from plastics?
JFMariano13 1 year ago
Nice vid.
etiennealive 2 years ago
-You guys should try to get a grant from Obama's economic stimulus to convert a 10-story building somewhere into a vertical farm pilot project.
ColtonDean 3 years ago
agreed. if obama wants to reduce CO2 and want's to increase food production without -icides, this is the way to go
danndan6 2 years ago