Vertical agriculture experiences in the world
Lettuce farm
Challenge undertaken by the Japanese in Fukushima, the city of the recent nuclear disaster, they decided to make them a place to the nucleus of vertical farming project in the country, as proof that this agriculture, which does not need the sun, not the soil, could have overcome the problem of lack of space, or the seriousness of the circumstances, Japanese company Fujitsu, which you create semiconductor chips for computers, has decided to exploit the vault is no longer used to it, in a different way.
Cellar chips turned into a small green farm inside the company's headquarters, where it is grown lettuce, which the company has chosen to make it a distinctive down the level of potassium in it, it becomes suitable for kidney patients, who can not afford their bodies high level of minerals.
If you want to see this unique small farm, just take off your shoes at the threshold, to put a lid on the head hair, and pass through the sterile air bath, surprised layers of green lettuce in front of your eyes.
Launched the project name "Kerei Aasaa", which means "clean vegetables", where the company is planting vegetables in clean her room, which was dedicated electronic chips before, where dust and bacteria less than abroad, where there is no mud at all, as the plant depends on the media nutrient flow to the pumps, for being of a layer to layer, make you do not have in front of spectacular scenery but wonder, how much of lettuce here? To be surprised that you are in front of fifty thousand head of lettuce in this small place.
One of those responsible for the project, says that the company's ambition should not have this kind of lettuce widespread in Japan only, but to all parts of the world, where the company could produce the same quantity, same quality, the length of the year, regardless of climate differences, or lack of space enough land, the existence of these internal farm was not affected by his presence in the Fukushima area, and the company is conducting radiation tests on the crop twice a year for the part free of radiation.
Exist in Japan and other models, such as the company "Mireille" for vegetables, a word that means "the future", as a symbol of an image that working out for agriculture in the future of Japan and the world wants to be, they think that this will be the solution to the problem of growing food that will confront us in the future shortages, especially in light of expectations of an increase of the urban population to more than 9 billion in 2050.
The company is on the export of these systems, which Heresies engineers to other countries in the world, such as Russia and Mongolia.
Amazing in their company that agriculture in this way is an ongoing process throughout the twenty-four hour, so the whole process of agriculture from sowing to harvesting a five and thirty days only, while traditional agriculture takes in the open from seventy to ninety days the air, the plant produces about ten thousands of head of lettuce a day, distributed directly in the markets of Japan, to reach as soon as possible, to your food tables.
The largest vertical farm in the world.
In the former factory of iron steel in Newark, New Jersey, is now the largest project vertical cultivation in the world, on an area of 69 thousand square feet and looks organizers of this project is to publish high-quality to all local markets, the health of their production, and while the dependent of such projects on the feeding method water for dispensing the soil, this project supports a different method called "Airoponieks."
The new method is similar to the water feeding to rely on seeding and development of the crop in the fabrics, the use of lights the LED substitute for the sun for photosynthesis, which is allocated wavelength of the light to achieve the maximum benefit from the process of photosynthesis with less power consumption, but the fundamental difference is in the water feeding on the nutrient solution, which applies to the adoption of the cultivated layers, whereas aerobic nutrition, they rely on the deployment of nutrition through the dust! It is the way in which the company says it is speeding up the plant's life cycle, it is also carrying a critical mass better than the other methods.
The new project is a partnership between the public and private sectors, the General Authority for economic development in the state of New Jersey has financed in cooperation with private companies, it was designed by the architectural firm KSS.
The project provides much more than usual for agriculture vertical features, in addition to the speed of access to the crop, and the ability to be planted throughout the year, reducing the use of pesticides, and not Adtarark to wash the vegetables as they do not touch the dirt or contaminants, and reduce water and energy lost, there is more, This project provides the maximum benefit from the space vertically, as per square foot offers you a 75-fold for its traditional agriculture, it is also used less water by 95 percent, and estimated what you can produce in a year to two million pounds of leafy vegetables! This is really incredible.
The new method is similar to the water feeding to rely on seeding and development of the crop in the fabrics, the use of lights the LED substitute for the sun for photosynthesis, which is allocated wavelength of the light to achieve the maximum benefit from the process of photosynthesis with less power consumption, but the fundamental difference is in the water feeding on the nutrient solution, which applies to the adoption of the cultivated layers, whereas aerobic nutrition, they rely on the deployment of nutrition through the dust! It is the way in which the company says it is speeding up the plant's life cycle, it is also carrying a critical mass better than the other methods.
The new project is a partnership between the public and private sectors, the General Authority for economic development in the state of New Jersey has financed in cooperation with private companies, it was designed by the architectural firm KSS.
The project provides much more than usual for agriculture vertical features, in addition to the speed of access to the crop, and the ability to be planted throughout the year, reducing the use of pesticides, and not Adtarark to wash the vegetables as they do not touch the dirt or contaminants, and reduce water and energy lost, there is more, This project provides the maximum benefit from the space vertically, as per square foot offers you a 75-fold for its traditional agriculture, it is also used less water by 95 percent, and estimated what you can produce in a year to two million pounds of leafy vegetables! This is really incredible.
From screens to export vegetables
Singapore, was the best choice for the company Panasonic, which has decided to invest in the field of vertical agriculture, this country is one of the low food self-sufficiency countries, and it is also the lack of land available for cultivation in the country are complaining, and is one of the top states density in the world, but that the situation We arrived to deteriorate to the point that Singapore imports more than 90 percent of its food!
All this made the state encourages vertical agriculture projects funded research, such as "Sky Greens" project, a subsidiary of Panasonic, the three-storey high.
The project, which was planned to feed Singaporeans, and participate in solving the land crisis and food production already started successfully, but he began to sell its products to some Japanese restaurants chains, to be the first venture onto a farm in Singapore.
The project produces a limited quantity is currently estimated at 3.6 tonnes per year, the great diversity in crops up to ten species, such as red radish, spinach, this project to join the projects of other companies producing in Japan, with the tests for another project in Dubai for the cultivation of strawberries vertically.
Farm is located Panasonic Corporation, stretching over an area of 248 square meters in a factory on the outskirts of the city, which is illuminated by pink the LED wavelength appointed lights, and reduce the company of visitors to monitor the temperature levels and humidity and carbon dioxide accurately, the company aims to increase crop planted to 30 species types by 2017, she says she hopes that the cost of crops produced half the price of those imported from Japan.
All this made the state encourages vertical agriculture projects funded research, such as "Sky Greens" project, a subsidiary of Panasonic, the three-storey high.
The project, which was planned to feed Singaporeans, and participate in solving the land crisis and food production already started successfully, but he began to sell its products to some Japanese restaurants chains, to be the first venture onto a farm in Singapore.
The project produces a limited quantity is currently estimated at 3.6 tonnes per year, the great diversity in crops up to ten species, such as red radish, spinach, this project to join the projects of other companies producing in Japan, with the tests for another project in Dubai for the cultivation of strawberries vertically.
Farm is located Panasonic Corporation, stretching over an area of 248 square meters in a factory on the outskirts of the city, which is illuminated by pink the LED wavelength appointed lights, and reduce the company of visitors to monitor the temperature levels and humidity and carbon dioxide accurately, the company aims to increase crop planted to 30 species types by 2017, she says she hopes that the cost of crops produced half the price of those imported from Japan.
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