What If We Built Vertical Farms?
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Date: 2023-11-26
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Stephanie
Honestly you can built a vertical farm with no electricity, no AI. In a green house. A drip system can also be made without electricity.
You don't have to add robotics and electricity to everything we have the sun, soil/water to give plants everything they need to grow. Plus worms a beneficial earth insect.
I'd rather everyone uses backyard or apartment roof decks greenhouses to grow there foods. Basic and simple crops like tomato, cucumber, garlic, onion, potato, carrots, peas and more be grown at home. And a small chicken coop.
Then farmers or vertical farmers make corn, soy, wheat, rice, and hard to grow or takes a long time to grow crop. And bigger animals.
Make these farms local. I don't believe cities are good nor healthy for the human phyci. And towns and villages are healthier and better for humans and agriculture. Make towns the goal. Make farms in a 1 mile radius of every town. It's all local and good. Though I agree farms take up alot more space then vertical farms. But I don't believe farmers should be the only resource to food. And everyone should own and work on there own food. Even if that means aquaponics or vertical farming.
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Honestly you can built a vertical farm with no electricity, no AI. In a green house. A drip system can also be made without electricity.
You don't have to add robotics and electricity to everything we have the sun, soil/water to give plants everything they need to grow. Plus worms a beneficial earth insect.
I'd rather everyone uses backyard or apartment roof decks greenhouses to grow there foods. Basic and simple crops like tomato, cucumber, garlic, onion, potato, carrots, peas and more be grown at home. And a small chicken coop.
Then farmers or vertical farmers make corn, soy, wheat, rice, and hard to grow or takes a long time to grow crop. And bigger animals.
Make these farms local. I don't believe cities are good nor healthy for the human phyci. And towns and villages are healthier and better for humans and agriculture. Make towns the goal. Make farms in a 1 mile radius of every town. It's all local and good. Though I agree farms take up alot more space then vertical farms. But I don't believe farmers should be the only resource to food. And everyone should own and work on there own food. Even if that means aquaponics or vertical farming.
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Sorin
I agree on urban farming. One crop that I hope they'll be able to grow indoors in the future is the palm trees out of whose fruit palm oil is made. So that they won't need to cut so much rainforest to make room. Pest would be easier to control indoors. Locast won't be able to get inside when they storm and even if some bugs managed to sneak inside and cause pests, at least they won't need to use that much pesticide to eliminate. If the pest was caused by a fungus, bacteria or virus, the infection could be quarantined to stop it from spreading. The stench from aninals could easily be vented away (if high up. That'll be the best agriculture.
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I agree on urban farming. One crop that I hope they'll be able to grow indoors in the future is the palm trees out of whose fruit palm oil is made. So that they won't need to cut so much rainforest to make room. Pest would be easier to control indoors. Locast won't be able to get inside when they storm and even if some bugs managed to sneak inside and cause pests, at least they won't need to use that much pesticide to eliminate. If the pest was caused by a fungus, bacteria or virus, the infection could be quarantined to stop it from spreading. The stench from aninals could easily be vented away (if high up. That'll be the best agriculture.
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David
It's almost deliberately misleading to juxtapose vertical microgreen operations images of open-field farms growing things that couldn't be grown in any sort of vertical farm that's close to existing. Vertical farms also require more energy than open field farms, since they don't take advantage of any sunlight and require more inputs than permaculture approaches, which makes the 'what if we run out of oil' argument a bit strange to use as a cliffhanger. Vertical farms are part of the solution, but if we don't address our wasteful overconsumption and broken economic system it's just throwing fancy fuel on the climate fire.
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It's almost deliberately misleading to juxtapose vertical microgreen operations images of open-field farms growing things that couldn't be grown in any sort of vertical farm that's close to existing. Vertical farms also require more energy than open field farms, since they don't take advantage of any sunlight and require more inputs than permaculture approaches, which makes the 'what if we run out of oil' argument a bit strange to use as a cliffhanger. Vertical farms are part of the solution, but if we don't address our wasteful overconsumption and broken economic system it's just throwing fancy fuel on the climate fire.
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satyagraha
The livestock industry is the most cruel, vile and disgusting industry out there. They enslave, torture and murder 2 billion sentient animals per week. They are the worst polluter and the runoff from their disgusting lots where they keep counting animals in the most cruel and deplorable conditions, pollutes water ways and create havoc into wildlife. Vertical farming should stick to plant foods. period. To hell with the livestock industry and their disgusting products, which by the way are the main cause of cancer and heart decease, the 2 leading killers of humans.
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The livestock industry is the most cruel, vile and disgusting industry out there. They enslave, torture and murder 2 billion sentient animals per week. They are the worst polluter and the runoff from their disgusting lots where they keep counting animals in the most cruel and deplorable conditions, pollutes water ways and create havoc into wildlife. Vertical farming should stick to plant foods. period. To hell with the livestock industry and their disgusting products, which by the way are the main cause of cancer and heart decease, the 2 leading killers of humans.
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Ricardo
We need to invest in this kind of agriculture it tackles alot of carbon emissions and its healthier because of no pesticides, only we should not sabotage the growing to make it grow faster. They need their time to develop if we dont you lose the taste of vegetables.
Tomatoes and bananas are not tasting to Tomatoes and bananas no more cause we use products to make them grow faster and thats why it loses its taste.
Tomatoes are tasting like water but real tomatoes dont
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We need to invest in this kind of agriculture it tackles alot of carbon emissions and its healthier because of no pesticides, only we should not sabotage the growing to make it grow faster. They need their time to develop if we dont you lose the taste of vegetables.
Tomatoes and bananas are not tasting to Tomatoes and bananas no more cause we use products to make them grow faster and thats why it loses its taste.
Tomatoes are tasting like water but real tomatoes dont
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Painted
Lets get something straight. The issue isnt that we may not have enough food. The world currently produces enough food to feed 10B people. It's just not profitable to feed them. The problem that vertical farming can solve is mainly environmental. It uses less water, something that within the next few decades is expected to become rare, and it doesnt degrade the environment as much.
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Lets get something straight. The issue isnt that we may not have enough food. The world currently produces enough food to feed 10B people. It's just not profitable to feed them. The problem that vertical farming can solve is mainly environmental. It uses less water, something that within the next few decades is expected to become rare, and it doesnt degrade the environment as much.
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Finlay
England is the most densely populated nation in Europe and yet 75% of English land is used for farming and just 15% for forests. Imagine we can get all 75% of this crop farmland to be done vertically, with all this space we can build so much more urban life and grow so many forests, so much open land for animals etc. the potential is unreal
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England is the most densely populated nation in Europe and yet 75% of English land is used for farming and just 15% for forests. Imagine we can get all 75% of this crop farmland to be done vertically, with all this space we can build so much more urban life and grow so many forests, so much open land for animals etc. the potential is unreal
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Carla
Vertical farming is better for the environment, stop outside farming, and start vertical farming indoors with in cities, take up less land, slow global warming, and stop pollution, we can feed more people with less land. By doing this, we can save more water. And live in a healthier environment, and this, is farming of the future.
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Vertical farming is better for the environment, stop outside farming, and start vertical farming indoors with in cities, take up less land, slow global warming, and stop pollution, we can feed more people with less land. By doing this, we can save more water. And live in a healthier environment, and this, is farming of the future.
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alvin
for technology this is not too far fetch, it could even be done 70years ago, what will make it impossible? human greed, especially those rich cock, and power hungry tie and suit cocksucker. they dont wanna give up their company profit easily for this less energy, less maintenance, and on top of that less -OIL-
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for technology this is not too far fetch, it could even be done 70years ago, what will make it impossible? human greed, especially those rich cock, and power hungry tie and suit cocksucker. they dont wanna give up their company profit easily for this less energy, less maintenance, and on top of that less -OIL-
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LZJ
All fine and dandy until you get the power bill for the grow lights, heating bill during the winter months and what would be an enormous continuous seed bill. Can this really be economically sustainable? Even if you have 50 acres to build a solar farm to run the lights 24/7?
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All fine and dandy until you get the power bill for the grow lights, heating bill during the winter months and what would be an enormous continuous seed bill. Can this really be economically sustainable? Even if you have 50 acres to build a solar farm to run the lights 24/7?
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Dubai
-farmscraper- is possible, it-s efficient and can save our planet too. But it is need to put in zero earthquake region. And it must be massive.
Or we can try it on MARS. Mars can be our food planet. We will just export the food back to earth.
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-farmscraper- is possible, it-s efficient and can save our planet too. But it is need to put in zero earthquake region. And it must be massive.
Or we can try it on MARS. Mars can be our food planet. We will just export the food back to earth.
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Showemright
I love the idea, and the kits for shipping containers is the icing on the cake. with the farms thats out there now can be replanted with trees, and shrubs as a restoration project. We have to protect our Earth, because Earth is all we got.
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I love the idea, and the kits for shipping containers is the icing on the cake. with the farms thats out there now can be replanted with trees, and shrubs as a restoration project. We have to protect our Earth, because Earth is all we got.
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Tricity
vertical farming is pretty limited to leafy greens isn't it? Can vertical farming grow fruits successfully? Otherwise, for what it can do, and save on transportation of trucks etc, I think it's got potential foresure.
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vertical farming is pretty limited to leafy greens isn't it? Can vertical farming grow fruits successfully? Otherwise, for what it can do, and save on transportation of trucks etc, I think it's got potential foresure.
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Dave
People will resist change and the reasons may not even make sense. If we can overcome our fears and the hurdles we will face with new farming techniques, we will most certainly benefit on a global scale.
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People will resist change and the reasons may not even make sense. If we can overcome our fears and the hurdles we will face with new farming techniques, we will most certainly benefit on a global scale.
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XxA_OxX
If Farmers cutback on cattle farming, and instead produced vegatables, and fruit, we would not need vertical farms, but vertical farming would be a good idea.
Roast Chicken dinner anyone lolz
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If Farmers cutback on cattle farming, and instead produced vegatables, and fruit, we would not need vertical farms, but vertical farming would be a good idea.
Roast Chicken dinner anyone lolz
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Anirudh
It would be awsome and we could save a lot of space. We could also reduce the pollution use for transporting veggies. We could also use waste plastic to make the stands and inner structures.
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It would be awsome and we could save a lot of space. We could also reduce the pollution use for transporting veggies. We could also use waste plastic to make the stands and inner structures.
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Ashav
The problem with vertical farming is sunlight l. By putting plants indoors much the light comes from lamb lights which costs a lot of electricity unless they are powered by renewables.
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The problem with vertical farming is sunlight l. By putting plants indoors much the light comes from lamb lights which costs a lot of electricity unless they are powered by renewables.
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Justin
Why don't we stop taking good farmland for suburban homes and start undoing urban sprawl make people who are not contributing to agricultural stay in large cities that grow up not out
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Why don't we stop taking good farmland for suburban homes and start undoing urban sprawl make people who are not contributing to agricultural stay in large cities that grow up not out
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education
An easy solution is quit building houses over farmland where you need to grow food to produce for people to eat it's a real problem can't go vertical not cost effective
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An easy solution is quit building houses over farmland where you need to grow food to produce for people to eat it's a real problem can't go vertical not cost effective
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Thecrippled
I can-t stand the it because I wanted to start a verticals farming company and they will have the a monopoly on the industry before I graduate college.
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I can-t stand the it because I wanted to start a verticals farming company and they will have the a monopoly on the industry before I graduate college.
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ANGEL
Great video. Vertical farming sounds and IS a great idea. But I see a problem with it, not all veggies and fruits can be grown in them. At least not yet; )
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Great video. Vertical farming sounds and IS a great idea. But I see a problem with it, not all veggies and fruits can be grown in them. At least not yet; )
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josh
Love the video but at 4: 10 there is NOTHING about a nuclear plant making it a natural disaster. Humans built those and operate those not nature
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Love the video but at 4: 10 there is NOTHING about a nuclear plant making it a natural disaster. Humans built those and operate those not nature
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Camilo
The problem is how to grow grains in vertical farm the size of skyscrapers. That's the challenge, on how to achieve such level of efficiency.
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The problem is how to grow grains in vertical farm the size of skyscrapers. That's the challenge, on how to achieve such level of efficiency.
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Thatonedog
Verticle farming isn't viable to hay or cereals meaning we would still need those combines and other expensive machines
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Verticle farming isn't viable to hay or cereals meaning we would still need those combines and other expensive machines
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mia
The world has to id everyone alive to
Subject them to labour
To build the life blood of humanity
Jobs for all
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The world has to id everyone alive to
Subject them to labour
To build the life blood of humanity
Jobs for all
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Lee
vertical farm shows cows grazing
sucks people who like beef in
does not address feasibility of a vertical ranch.
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vertical farm shows cows grazing
sucks people who like beef in
does not address feasibility of a vertical ranch.
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