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Vertical Farming: Why Growing Up Can Make a Difference
Vertical farming is the agricultural
in which crops are grown on top of each other, rather than in traditional, horizontal
Growing vertically allows for
of space, resulting in a higher crop
per square foot of land used. Vertical farms are mainly located indoors, such as a warehouse, where they have the ability to control the environmental
for plants to succeed.
New farming methods are variations of a practice known today as Controlled Environment Agriculture, or CEA. In its modern form, CEA is a type of farming
by growing in spaces whose conditions can be
and manipulated to
the needs of specific plants. Similar to smart thermostats in modern homes, wherein certain rooms can be set to different temperatures, today’s smart farms
for variations in humidity, temperature, light, and nutrients from area to area within a single farm. This means that different plants can
in one indoor farm, but have their environments customized to their individual needs.
Indoor vertical farms also don’t need sunlight, another advantage over
farming. Whereas traditional farms’ growing cycles are determined by
variations in temperature and sunlight, indoor vertical farms supply their own light source for year-round photosynthesis through
LED lights. In fact, as the cost of LED lighting has gone down, there has been a
increase in vertical farming systems around the world. While this elaborate system might seem extravagant compared to the Old MacDonald image of farming we grew up with, there is reason to believe in indoor farming as an important way forward.
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