The benefits of
vertical farming include better - tasting, fresher produce that is locally sourced.
Not exact matches
At Rodale Institute, Ross is responsible for field maintenance
including planting and seeding, maintaining the
farm equipment necessary to work the fields, and expanding the livestock operations, particularly the
vertical integration of the poultry and hog operations into crop rotations.
Debney has growth plans for just about each of the five pillars,
including upgrades to berries infrastructure, the avocado
vertical integration, a $ 65 million expansion of its biggest mushroom
farm in South Australia and existing growth projects in China and Morocco.
How exactly we're going to feed all these hungry mouths is a problem scientists are looking at from every angle,
including creating heat - resistant cows,
vertical farms and lab - grown hamburgers.
FUNCTIONS Based on particular cases» needs various functions can be accommodated inside,
including reception area, first aid area, temporary housing, storage and
vertical farm that uses soil gathered during anchoring.
Ways to reduce fossil fuel inputs to food systems
include the use of
farm machinery powered by renewable electricity or
farm - produced biofuels; the localization of food systems to reduce transport (perhaps entailing
vertical urban agriculture); the adoption of organic and ecological production practices to reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides; and an overall reduction in the consumption of highly processed foods.