Here's the tl; dr of it: a Dutch company is perfecting ways to
grow food indoors using LED lights and elaborate climate controls.
Even families with absolutely no outdoor space can
grow some food indoors.
The future of fresh homegrown food may be an indoor one, at least in the cold season and for those without garden space, and although I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to gardening, it's fairly obvious to me that there are plenty of situations where
growing food indoors makes sense, even if it entails buying yet another plugged - in appliance.
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There is always a significant energy footprint involved with
growing food indoors.
Not exact matches
The king of
food courts, accustomed to the low - investment and low - risk climate of
indoor counters, realizes that to
grow to 3,000 restaurants and beyond, he needs to expand outside.
But the various
indoor food startups are all claiming they can deliver their
indoor food for the same cost, or even cheaper, than outdoor
grown organic
food.
«Strong growth in «local
food» demand, the market forwhich has expanded from an estimated $ 1 billion to $ 7 billion in 2014, has meant a unique market entry point for
indoor farms» higher price - point products, whether this means leafy greens harvested that morning for lunch service or microgreens
grown to order for a local supermarket,» the report says.
They are fed organic
food and live in a similar environment to their ancestors, whereas conventionally
grown animals can be raised in tiny
indoor cages, like battery hens, for example, or pigs in sow stalls or gestation crates, with little or no room to move and no exposure to natural light.
Farm policies that encouraged greater
food production, Wall Street pressures on corporations to
grow every quarter, economic downturns that make people work longer hours, societal changes that keep kids
indoors rather than outside playing on their own.
While he optimistically champions biotechnology's potential to make the future more sustainable, most of the possibilities that he explores — such as lab -
grown meat, a
food pill, and saltwater fish raised
indoors — are still a long way from reaching our plates.
The site covers all the forms of gardening -
indoors, in containers, in small spaces, vertical, hydroponic - that are applicable to city - dwellers who want to
grow their own
food.
I've seen her kill bats, full
grown rabbits, and any moth that gets close:) I
grew up with
indoor cats, and i can say that she is far more happy, stimulated, appreciative of attention and
food even more than any
indoor cat....
The interest in local
food (especially
grow - it - yourself hyperlocal
food that can be produced in a small space), coupled with recent advancements in low - power LED lighting technology and automated hydroponic
growing systems, has spurred a revival in the development of a variety of «plug - and - play»
indoor growing units, which can supply fresh greens and other produce without a whole lot of work.
This planting density would allow homes, offices, restaurants, and more to have easy access to some freshly
grown foods without taking up a lot of space, and the ability to customize its structure to
grow different sized plants could make it a more versatile machine than just lettuce and microgreens, which tend to be the staples of
indoor gardening systems.
Growing leafy greens and fish
indoors year - round is a fabulous solution to the lack of fresh
food in many urban centres.
Developing soil and hydroponic nutrient technologies to turn
food waste streams into biobased materials for
indoor growing systems.
There will be water there and
food can be
grown in the NH higher latitudes and the rest can be
grown in
indoor facilities.
Creating more urban farms and more
food production centers closer to where the market is, whether they are traditional outdoor
growing areas, rooftop farms,
indoor hydroponic and aquaponics systems, vertical farms, or vacant lot gardens, can go a long way toward building a more resilient local
food system and reducing the ecological footprint of our diets.
Indoor farming operations such as these are never going to completely replace our traditional farms or outdoor
growing plots, but they aren't meant to, and they aren't a «be all, end all» solution to either feeding the world or solving local
food challenges.
One thing the tech industry is very good at is automation and building efficient processes for production, both of which are essential to successful
indoor growing, and this trend toward
indoor farming and local
food production has been attracting some attention from that sector.
I'm sure there will be many who use this device to experiment with
indoor, urban
food growing — but at risk of dredging up the marijuana as a gateway (to farming) debate once more — there are, of course, potential illicit uses too.
The site covers all the forms of gardening -
indoors, in containers, in small spaces, vertical, hydroponic - that are applicable to city - dwellers who want to
grow their own
food.
The site covers all the forms of gardening -
indoors, in containers, in small spaces, vertical, hydroponic - that are applicable to city - dwellers who want to
grow their own
food.
Two weeks there every summer eating fresh
food grown / raised on their farm, fishing in their tanks, pumping water from the tank outside and visiting the outhouse (my dad eventually installed running water and an
indoor bathroom)-- we kids couldn't wait.