Farms: Are Vertical Farms The Future Of Agriculture?
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The world requires an area of farmland the size of South America to feed itself. What will we do when we run out of farmland? Craig visits a vertical farm and sees if they could be the future of agriculture. Special Thanks to: Green Sense Farms http://greensensefarms.com/ Dickson Despommier http://www.verticalfarm.com/ Dickson Despommier's Book on Vertical Farms http://us.macmillan.com/theverticalfarm/drdicksondespommier Future Of Food Videos: Can We Make Meat Out Of Plants? - http://bit.ly/1hwhYHo Why You Should Eat Bugs - http://bit.ly/1Jg4IBf Are Vertical Farms The Future Of Agriculture? - http://bit.ly/1hExTE6 Why We Should Be Urban Farming - http://bit.ly/1VuLlsl ►Subscribe: http://youtube.com/thegoodstuff ►Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/goodstuffshow ►Follow us on instagram: goodstuffshow ►Like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thegoodstuffshow Digital street team: http://goodstuffshow.com/digitalstreetteam Sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bnSOcH The Good Stuff is a proud member of the PBS Digital Studios family __________________________________________________________________ Music by: Oscillator Bug https://oscillator-bug.bandcamp.com/ Jason Shaw http://audionautix.com/ Jake Chudnow https://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow Driftless Pony Club http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/ Todd Umhoefer (Old Earth) http://oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com/ Image/Video Credits: Dickson at podium, By Pop!Tech [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Pop%21Tech_2008_-_Dickson_Despommier.jpg Rice Plants, By IRRI Images (originally posted to Flickr as Korea_0001) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rice_Plants_%28IRRI%29.jpg Rooftop Garden, By Lamiot (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rabot-Blaisantvest2009_10_00_150.jpg Potato Garden, By BASFPlantScience [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farm_Kartoffelfeld_Schweden.jpg flooded corn fields, http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q2/300-million-in-indiana-crops-value-lost-to-flooding-so-far.html, photo courtesy of Purdue Agricultural Communication photo/Darrin Pack Pesticide Warning Sign, By Austin Valley, https://www.flickr.com/photos/austinvalley/5688752755 irrigation system, By Gene Alexander, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov No. NRCSCO87001) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PivotWithDrops.JPG hardwood forest, By Joshua Mayer, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wackybadger/7327400812/ dew on clovers, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/3507776233 forest floor, By Danny Steaven (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest-floor076.jpg produce in supermarket, By Dungodung (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Boqueria.JPG Edamame, By Tammy Green (aka Zesmerelda) from Chicago Upscale Dining + Lounge Republic Pan-Asian Restaurant [http://www.republicrestaurant.us/ in Ontario & Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611] (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edamame_by_Zesmerelda_in_Chicago.jpg Vertical Farm Concept, Vincent Callebaut Architectures, https://urbanagblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/on-our-urban-ag-radar-hydroponic-vending-machines-oasis-grower-solutions-for-anxious-growers-living-within-a-vertical-farm/ Dragonfly Vertical Farm, Vincent Callebaut Architectures, https://theurbanprospector.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/o-dragonfly-facebook.jpg hydro car, Bbqjunkie at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/FCX_Clarity.jpg
Comments
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A waste of time and energy? A fad? Hydroponics and vertical farming are definitely the future. The future of cities, food and medicine.
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It beats outdoor farming at efficiency as far as water use and transportation costs. The ability to grow in any climate enables members of any city to buy their food closer to the source, drastically lowering the cost (less transportation means less fuel consumption). It's true, however, that it's hard to beat pure sun exposure. It could be that eventually the savings from the other areas justify the losses from reduced sun exposure. We could also engineer crops to be even more photosensitive.
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it's really good and useful
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My wife and I are on this journey of creating a modern Urban homestead. Thanks for helping us and others on this journey. If I can be of help to you. I do computer aided drafting and 3D modeling. Let's barter.
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Invest in AERO stock if you want to be rich in a few years.
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what is the average growing time?
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What kind of Flood Tables are those
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Why is the cold winter good for vertical farms as said in the video? Isn't it necessary to heat the building (requiring more energy than in summer)?
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I think vertical farming would be a part of all agriculture, but its a lot more difficult to do it. Also 3rd world countries can't afford to vertical farm due to the energy required.
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Good idea!
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Did bearded asshole with glasses standing next to you is not funny
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amazing :)
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This is genius! Love all of this!
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I liked the statement that this will work in the future if they can make the numbers work. If it is sustainable financially, it will find its place in the food industry.
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How much chemicals and which one they have to use????
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This is awesome! So pleased this is starting to take off.
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haha I bust up so hard! 1:58
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Hey Hippies, you are not going to save the planet by growing only LETTUCE. Every single on of these projects is LETTUCE or some similar leaf.
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to join the conversation. if the building can be built diagonally and glass or some transparent natural renewable alternative is abundant then we could build farms diagonally with glass walls and perhaps some mirrors, we could use sun light, perhaps along with some non sun light.
im assuming there is an optimal position for the building to receive enough sun all year around or most of the year. they would have to be somewhere we don't need tall building in front of them so as not to block the sun light.
perhaps the vertical farm could even be totally vertical or mostly vertical if the sun is coming in from a low enough angle, and the building is built narrow enough (length could be long).
i think long and skinny is the best dimensions to grow food with natural light in a V or D farm. where the width would be determined to receive the most sun all year around (not sure if the sun angle would change over the years, perhaps a movable or adjustable building could be feasible), length would be to how much we want to grow (which would be economically how many people want them and how far they can be shipped while reaming nutritious(with hyperloop shipping, can be pretty far, not sure what the most economic distance of farms would be on a global scale taking into account the cost and use of a transport system such a the hyperloop) i guess having them in each town make sense), height would be to most reliably safe and most out of materials needed. materials of building would be most renewable, safe enough, longest lasting, in that priority.