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Hoher Stromverbrauch bei vertikalen Indoor-Farmen! Na toll!

From Japan to Iceland, futuristic vertical farms are starting to bloom

Good news! The next agricultural revolution is in progress! Especially for Iceland with long dark winters!

"In 2016, a new farm in Japan made headlines. It wasn’t your average farm — instead of using soil, it used a hydroponic system, and instead of using sunlight, it used artificial LEDs. But the farm could grow 12,000 heads of lettuce per day, close to urban areas where the product is in high demand.
This isn’t an isolated example. Just one year later, another lettuce vertical farm was established in Iceland, producing a variety of greens that it sells to restaurants and retailers, without using any sunlight whatsoever. ...
When you think about indoor farms, something like a greenhouse likely pops up. But a sweeping trend is revolutionizing indoor farming, moving it from the horizontal to the vertical — and it’s no longer just a concept. All over the world, we’re seeing examples of vertical farming projects, and while significant challenges still exist, the appeal of the technology is hard to ignore. ..."

From Japan to Iceland, futuristic vertical farms are starting to bloom Indoor farming is a growing trend in urban centers, where a single facility can grow millions of heads of lettuce.

Indoor Farming Revolution For World’s Priciest Spice

Will we soon get a cheaper taste of saffron? As an aficionado of spices I look forward to trying saffron! Variety is the spice of life! 😊

"... Saffron-Tech, a startup founded in 2020, is transforming the way saffron is grown, and, possibly, the way it is traded.

Its team of expert agronomists have developed technology to produce four harvests a year, instead of one, and to grow the corms (that’s the correct term for a saffron bulb) indoors, rather than in open fields.

They use sophisticated vertical-farming methods, with layer above layer of the corms, in conditions where the temperature, humidity, and irrigation and are strictly regulated by artificial intelligence.

It’s the first significant change to the way saffron has been grown commercially in centuries, and is 50 times more productive than field cultivation."

Indoor Farming Revolution For World’s Priciest Spice AI method of growing saffron is 50 times more productive

Silicon Valley startup has big plans for its first vertical farming facility in Phoenix metro

Good news!

"Sam Bertram, co-founder of Silicon Valley-based OnePointOne, was recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30. Find out what he's planning for the company's largest vertical farming facility to date being built in the West Valley ..."

Silicon Valley-based OnePointOne plans to use upcoming Avondale facility as a 'model' for vertical farm operations - Phoenix Business Journal

Bowery Farming expands indoor farming

Recommendable! The future of farming is indoors?

"... Combining computer vision, logistics, robotics, and the science of botany, indoor farming has the potential to change human lives. But innovation in this area requires considering dozens of variants and doing more with less. ...
Bowery Farming may be the largest vertical farming company operating in the U.S. today. Founded in 2015, the company has introduced a number of major changes in recent weeks. ...
Last month, Bowery also opened ... in New Jersey ... Farm X, the center will focus on raising not just leafy greens like the kind Bowery sells today, but also cucumbers, root vegetables, strawberries, and tomatoes. This initiative will focus on research and development, functioning as a sandbox for considering the possible blends of seeds and conditions required to grow produce indoors. ...
a statement from the company describes Farm X as “one of the largest and most sophisticated vertical farming R&D facilities in the world.” ...
The first two Bowery farms are located outside Baltimore and New York City. An additional commercial farm is scheduled to open in late 2021 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles from Philadelphia. Bowery claims its facilities are currently 100 times more productive than traditional outdoor farming methods. ..."

Bowery CTO Injong Rhee on the grand challenge of AI for indoor farming | VentureBeat

The technologies helping move agriculture indoors

Recommendable! Quite possible, Israel is a world leader in advancing agricultural technologies.

Thanks to the Abraham Accords, Israel and the UAE are planning to build advanced greenhouses in the desert of the UAE

"Though it costs more to raise produce in greenhouses or urban “farm factories,” the payoff is higher yield, quality and market value. The plants can grow year-round with less fertilizer and pesticide. ...
[A] 5.5-acre medical cannabis greenhouse complex in Greece is covered with f-CLEAN, a durable polymer offering exceptional light transmission and energy savings. ...
A British-Israeli venture formed from a merger of two established companies about eight years ago, Growponics designs and builds automated hydroponic greenhouse factories in urban settings. ... The plants move on conveyers. We eliminate aisles, which normally take up 15 to 20% of greenhouse space; and we adjust the spacing between plants in different parts of the growth cycle. That alone can increase yield by more than 40% on top of the savings from eliminating aisles. ..."

The technologies helping move agriculture indoors - ISRAEL21c