Posted on 07/05/2018 3:29:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Long answer? No.
I guess I missed the part where they rearranged the organic building blocks.
It is a persistent fantasy of the urban elites that they will be able to divorce themselves from the grubby, unsophisticated, bible-thumping yokels who grow their food.
This is, of course, completely impossible. But, if there are people with tons of money who want to pursue impossible fantasies, you can count on many people willing to pretend to help them in order to separate them from that money.
Folks, this is how you beat globalization.
Technology is moving toward replicating the soil of the Burgundy region of France, the coffee from Colombia, etc. The quality of the finished products will be untouchable from the imported brands and at lower prices.
It would be a win/win for the the U.S. consumer.
My wife and i are involved with vertical farming. This is simply not feasible at this time. Certainly not on the scale that the article is covering. i can’t tell what the long term will be like.
Until the electricity costs are mitigated, look for lots of small, local farmers such as my wife and me. We use small, cheap 20 Watt LED grow light arrays for seed beds, and they seem to work quite well.
Hydroponics will begin next year, just as soon as i can get the trial facility built and the software written for the control system.
Of course all of this presumes that we will have the time with both of us working full time jobs.
Yes: Sky Greens
A good read,
.. but kale at $14.99 per pound is unreasonable and financially irresponsible except as a project demo.
They use silicon chains, not carbon chains. They grow Hortas!
bkmk
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
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