B.C. vertical farming company growing high-tech produce
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Many farmers are under growing pressure to innovate, and it seems one Pitt Meadows farm is rising to the challenge. UP Vertical Farms uses AI to determine everything from growing temperature and humidity to nutrient control. We visited the farm to learn more.
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So much capital invested but no cabbages, potatoes, wheat, corn and rice.
Staple crops, these should be the target not rich people food like micro-greens.
Lettuce is a staple.
These aren’t micro greens. It’s lettuce- big difference.
Unfortunately it’s only profitable to grow leafy greens at the moment
Beans too
The most efficient plant growing is what they need to develop first. When they perfect that, or get it close to perfection, they will push boundaries to grow other crops. As the industry grows, so will its ability to compete with typical industrial farming to grow things like strawberries, pineapples, tomatoes, potatoes, and eventually crops like bananas, rice, corn, wheat, and soy beans. Will they ever be able to grow apples and tree nuts in vertical farms? Maybe, but even if they can't, the vertical farming industry will have reduced the farm land required to sustain our civilization, improved the quality of our crops, and reduced waste and the environmental impact of the farm industry as a whole.
it'll be a new para-dime when they can successfully produce the staple crops in vertical farms then food production will be off the charts.
Please tell me why you wrong paradigm the way you did. What is a "para-dime" Stephen?
@@scottelly2 talk to text is shitty
So much capital invested but no cabbages, potatoes, wheat, corn and rice.
Staple crops, these should be the target not rich people food like micro-greens.
Wow!!
What's the cost of the start-up?????
Lets just say, africa cannot afford it
@@drunkdrftr . . . and since there is very little farming done in Africa, because the people there eat so little, it's not a problem that they can't afford it. ;)
@@scottelly2 are u dumb? Have u been to afrika? Tell me what grows well in sahara?
i want to know what led they are using
Did you mean to write the word "lead" . . . or are to talking about the L.E.D. lights?
@@scottelly2 L.E.D
Max 8 billion
What's that supposed to mean? Are you the new Georgia Guide Stones?
AI wins
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Burn coal to create power, use the power to turn on lights and the lights to grow food...I thought people were supposed to be against using fossil fuels. At least TRY to be consistent
No Coal is being used or needs to be used.
We use hydro electric, BC's supply authority it literally called bc hydro
Do a little research before saying stupid stuff buddy.
Is the same Company who is farming meats of al types , if it is , they are not supposed to be trusted.
And no flavour!
Wrong. Try this product. It has more intense flavour than a sprayed field grown. Less land, less water, no pesticides.
lol absolutely untrue in every conceivable way. Not sure what you know about plant biology but the controlled wave length can and does provide far richer flavour and far greater nutrient content on each plant. Definitely far far better than field or even greenhouse. AND no animals need to be murdered to maintain the crop like ALL outdoor lettuce production. These guys got the right idea. congratulate and thank them instead.
@Bran White you don't kill an animal to "maintain the crop" or even for the soil if that's what you meant
@Sotch huh?
Actually I happen to know for actual truth. Every lettuce farm in America employs contract "hunters" to shoot deer, coyotes and bobcat specifically. However, they shoot anything that poops.
1 deer scat means 20 ft radius of destroyed products and one bobcat scat means 50 gt radius. Cordoned off. Tested at farmers expense and then destroyed if tested positive.
So yes, they do. 1000% they do. If you say they don't then you're lost in your own narrative.
This is not an opinion it's my industry and a fact.
Best flavour and nutrients on earth. Your ignorance is bulging
How do you harvest? How do you get the plants off the rack?
It’s cut with a blade. All harvesting pieces are cleaned and sterilized between harvests. No human touches during the harvest process
@@kevinb8887 Hey Thanks Kevin. I was wondering about the handling of the trays. I have seen so many of these types of set ups and they always require manual handling of the large unruly, water filled trays in order to get them off the grow racking. If that is what you call them. Is this the case with this farm?
Thanks for the response! good luck!