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aeroponics is extremely vulnerable to pump failure as that will quickly kill the plants. Aquaponics is used extensively by one farming group in the Cannabis farming, who also use partial soil systems where the roots are in a soil medium to protect against pump failure & support the roots. Much more can be done with indoor farming than is being done today.
I'm certain that indoor/vertical farming won't just be _important,_ it'll be vital to humanity's continued survival. Considering the impact of climate change on outdoor farming, increased food production demands from population growth, and the need to have safeguards in case of global supply chain collapse... I think that the only way to avoid a famine in the next 100 years is if every urban center has their own decentralized vertical farm.
Well it could , but seeing the amount of plastic used to build them. And the changes and the stopping of the industry due to covid or lack of water ... We need a different approach to use Less plastic
@@seby8823 The sustainability could definitely be improved. The energy source is also a concern for a lot of people but they are trying to incorporate renewable energy into them. If you had to guess do you think we’ll see more of them over the next decade or less?
@@seby8823 You can build these out of PLA or any material lmao. I like your plastic hand crafts though. Which plastic are the towers made of? material scientist.
@@foodverge I grow like this already in my apartment and so do many other grandmothers and other real people out there. only the conspiracy losers think something like this is 'fake'. I wish the world would get rid of this garbage mindset.
I developed a pilot project in El Salvador, a decade ago, using the Biointensive Agriculture method. One of the primary tenets, of the system, was the importance of the fungal network. In most of these showcased systems, there will be little use of said network. I'm wondering how this affects the nutrition of the produce. Are there papers on this subject?
Well, looks like you need to setup an experiment on this. Haha probably you can find a farmer who willing to “give” you part of this farm for this experiment.
@@rudipatti7104 absolutely! In the near future I will make a video on the best Dutch agtech startups. Do any particular Dutch startups impress you at the minute? Jack
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They talk everytime about the same advantages in relation to vertical farming, but what ist with the real problems? The weight of bigger vegetables? Who builds a vertical Farm which can plant potatos or cucumbers, wheat or Pumpkins on higher levels? How we can steer and Safe the mass of water to the vegetable in the higher levels for the plants, with a bigger water reqirement? There are a lot of probs to solve before we promote this method of agriculture... But of course it exist a lot of people who are eating only herbs and salad ;)
One of the main reasons for the herbs, salad and berries is the short growth cycle and the high profitability. I'm sure as it develops more crops will be incorporated into the system. :)
They show hydroponic systems in the aeroponics section of the video so i guess they either dont know or cant tell the difference btween aeroponic and hhydroponics. ruclips.net/video/suYcri3FzcI/видео.html
Nice but most of times those crops are either tasteless or too hmm floaty, waterish, lacks of consistancy, and i'm wondering if it's not a lack of carbon and subtle ions and enzymes we can find in soils, that lack in such systems. Worms in the ground in examples, produce many things used by plants among the argilosilicate complexes they make.
They are investing a lot of time and money to breed seeds to create better crops from vertical farming. Do you think that will help or are worms just an essential part?
@@foodverge Breeding helps but knowledge on the epigenom lacks yet. Vertical farming is very interesting, but I find its approach often too simplistic. Worms are part of the ecosystem and are essentials because they're not like other beasts in soil, they are basically mobile digestive tubes geared with enzymes and bacterias that make mineral traces available for plants, in a complex but rich manner. As you don't just need calories to burn for a sustainable life (=healthy) and i'm pretty sure you'll agree on the fact you can't just resume your diet to eating sugars, plants don't just need an NPK basic formula, they need other mineral traces like we also do. Soil must be seen as a whole ecosystem, especially if we're talking about food plants... Do you only need carbon and sugar or do you need mineral traces (ions) and vitamins ? If you feed plants with depleted intakes, what do you think you'll eat at the end of the chain ? No wonder why people have carences nowadays, despite the abundance of food produced... Our perception when eating is wrong and because we have a feeling of chewing "organic fresh food" just cropped doesn't mean it's nutritive in any way. Supplementing became a common and abnormal reflex now and a bad thing too because of the complex interactions of major and trace elements (which requires vitamins for their absorption and vice versa)... When you lack of iron, i.e, you may receive a prescription for iron, while such a depletion may have its roots in the unbalance of another element. It's really complicated to equilibrate a system, not only because of the homeostasis principle, but just 'cause of the complex interactions at subtile levels. Have a look at "mineral interaction chart" (google image) and pay attention to the arrows directions, it marks oppositions, the more of this, the less of that, follow the arrows and see : it's a f*ck*ng snooker ! Conclusion : better to give the richest soil/base and let the plant take what it needs by itself. Same for us with supplements : everything at all or nothing (+ vitamins at same time), genetic inherently and naturally knows its stuff. It's the most efficient onboard computer. Sorry for the long answer, I prefered to develop, it's not to be pedantic. I consider other people will read us and maybe one of them may find something useful rather than catching a chitchat exchange. Cheers from France
@@foodverge For the record as i'm warmed up on the topic, i'm remembering a detail of history on plant/soil interaction. Soonest as started the colonization of the USA, the need to craft ships and repair required to launch the plantation of the kind of pines selected after generations for their long and straight trunks, ideal to carve the masts of the ships. Settlers tried to seed but it didn't work, nothing grew, so they simply brought young pines in pots, to replant, and so it worked, but it's only nowaday that we understood why it failed : trees roots need their symbiotic kind of mycelium in the ground with which they could exchange nutriments (and water btw). Naturally the american soil lacked of these specific ones required by these pine trees, so the seed never succeed to grow, and the soil brought during transplantation from european trees samples, contained the rhyzoms needed. We just understood this, centuries later... Soil are living organisms with species interactions and even symbiosis :) Have a nice day !
Great insight! Do you think vertical farming can play a role in producing food in the future or will it all lack the essential elements to create great produce?
@@foodverge Right now : only good for leafs, salads, just fibrous plants, nothing more, but yet a valuable domain to dig and develop. Verticality is gpod for rather controlled environments (evaporation level, i.e). In the near future, I don't know if it's successful, from a nutritive point of view, imho i don't think so, with the actual methods, but on the longtermship, after refining systems, a better approach (ideally a crossdomain one) and other discoveries yet to comes, with more knowledge on epigenetic interactions, It may be really worth for sustainable cities development. One thing to replace too would be the plastic pipes, I know it's cheap, but ceramics are neutral and age way better. At the pace of demography, urbanization, and cities growth, and the price of energy, it'll be important soon or later to be selective and invest a little bit more energyin building equipments that will last more than one life rather than changing plastic canalizations exposed to artifical lights 16h/day, every few years, and it will cost a fraction of the total cost of ownership of such systems. Nevertheless, don't imagine replacing traditionnal agriculture with vertical farms, think about the surfaces needed for wheat let's say, and transpose it to indoor systems, can you imagine the buildings ? Vertical farming will stay dedicated to specific plants, for cost reasons and freshness, and above all cutting cost of transportation in a radical manner. Salads, bays, herbs, some fruits, There won't be vertical ricefields. Ever. => cost/surface in urban environment, is decisive.
We have a trend report link in bio that has vital information on vertical farming. I’d be happy to make a video on the cost comparison of vertical farms vs traditional. Looking at key crops and breaking it down by unit cost. Let me know if that sounds good
I think the best way to promulgate the technology is to aim at the pocket book. So, if vertical farming can beat the costs of open-air farming, the process will more easily gain traction. It's the carrot and stick method. A video on this subject would be most helpful.
Great question! In a fully optimised vertical farm they monitor the light using software. They measure the light energy in micro moles. So if a shadow did occur and if a plant isn’t progressing at the optimised growth rate they can supplement with extra light. Essentially the software would be able to detect a poor growth rate and they head grower could rectify the problem.
@@foodverge thanks a lot for the reply. Can I place the towers in a polyhouse using natural sunlight (assuming enough sunlight available) would this system work in such a setup or the issue of shadow would be greater
@@anujshah4595 absolutely! I’ve seen a number of grow tower projects left outside on rooftops with no supplemental light. A glass house would still provide great results and I’d be confident it would get adequate light. It may just increase the growing time by a few more days. Would this be as part of a commercial venture or domestic use?
I have a video coming out tomorrow on some of the most innovative vertical farm companies. My personal favourite is Infarm. They are constantly innovating and are valued over a $1 billion. What about you? What do you think of vertical farming?
@@foodverge nice, tranks for your answer, will definitely watch it. I've been reading mostly about Aerofarms so far. And generally believe that vertical farming is inevitable, once at scale and cost competitive, the environmental and logistical advantages are just insane..
@@unbreakableldorado7723 Yes the output is enormous once growing conditions are fully optimised. We are seeing a lot of seed companies try to optimise seeds especially for vertical farms as some of the traits needed for outdoor growing isn’t needed for vertical farms such as wind resistant and certain pest resistance. Super interesting space!
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Children and adults must learn about vertical farms. Great video
Do you think schools should cover our food system more?
aeroponics is extremely vulnerable to pump failure as that will quickly kill the plants. Aquaponics is used extensively by one farming group in the Cannabis farming, who also use partial soil systems where the roots are in a soil medium to protect against pump failure & support the roots. Much more can be done with indoor farming than is being done today.
It's amazing structure, all plants are in vertical position.
Do you think vertical farms will play an important role in feeding the world in the future?!
I'm certain that indoor/vertical farming won't just be _important,_ it'll be vital to humanity's continued survival.
Considering the impact of climate change on outdoor farming, increased food production demands from population growth, and the need to have safeguards in case of global supply chain collapse... I think that the only way to avoid a famine in the next 100 years is if every urban center has their own decentralized vertical farm.
Well it could , but seeing the amount of plastic used to build them. And the changes and the stopping of the industry due to covid or lack of water ... We need a different approach to use Less plastic
@@seby8823 The sustainability could definitely be improved. The energy source is also a concern for a lot of people but they are trying to incorporate renewable energy into them. If you had to guess do you think we’ll see more of them over the next decade or less?
@@seby8823 You can build these out of PLA or any material lmao. I like your plastic hand crafts though. Which plastic are the towers made of? material scientist.
@@foodverge I grow like this already in my apartment and so do many other grandmothers and other real people out there. only the conspiracy losers think something like this is 'fake'. I wish the world would get rid of this garbage mindset.
Very well explained
Thank you! If you’ve any other vertical farm topics you’d like us to cover let us know?!
I developed a pilot project in El Salvador, a decade ago, using the Biointensive Agriculture method. One of the primary tenets, of the system, was the importance of the fungal network. In most of these showcased systems, there will be little use of said network. I'm wondering how this affects the nutrition of the produce. Are there papers on this subject?
Well, looks like you need to setup an experiment on this. Haha probably you can find a farmer who willing to “give” you part of this farm for this experiment.
Would love to talk to you about this, not sure how how we manage to do that @wrdennig
Thank you for this video.Rudi Patti from Holland.
Thanks Rudi 💪 So many great food tech projects in the Netherlands.
@@foodverge Holland is pioneer in food growing technology. Allround the world companies are buying the innovative techniqs from Holland.
@@rudipatti7104 absolutely! In the near future I will make a video on the best Dutch agtech startups. Do any particular Dutch startups impress you at the minute? Jack
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope this message finds you well. I am currently a master's student at the University of Sydney, and I am reaching out to you today with a request for your kind assistance. Our group is currently working on an assignment, and we came across your video which we believe would be an excellent addition to our project.
I would be most grateful if you could kindly grant us permission to use the image and audio material from your video in our assignment. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated, and we would ensure that proper attribution is given.
Thank you very much for considering our request, and I look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Best regards
Ya sure, all the best with the assignment!
Out of curiosity what is your masters in that your researching vertical farming?
May i know if we want to put these towers in a greenhouse what type of greenhouse should it be and what material? Like plastic glass etc
Great video
Thanks Beibh 💪
A lot of that video first section was tower gardens, which uses little water roots. Aeroponic sue not hydroponics
Thanks for the feedback.
They talk everytime about the same advantages in relation to vertical farming, but what ist with the real problems? The weight of bigger vegetables? Who builds a vertical Farm which can plant potatos or cucumbers, wheat or Pumpkins on higher levels? How we can steer and Safe the mass of water to the vegetable in the higher levels for the plants, with a bigger water reqirement? There are a lot of probs to solve before we promote this method of agriculture... But of course it exist a lot of people who are eating only herbs and salad ;)
One of the main reasons for the herbs, salad and berries is the short growth cycle and the high profitability. I'm sure as it develops more crops will be incorporated into the system. :)
long time i was really thinking on that issue too..its a logical to ask to this sector
The video you are showing at the beginning is aeroponics
They show hydroponic systems in the aeroponics section of the video so i guess they either dont know or cant tell the difference btween aeroponic and hhydroponics. ruclips.net/video/suYcri3FzcI/видео.html
Nice but most of times those crops are either tasteless or too hmm floaty, waterish, lacks of consistancy, and i'm wondering if it's not a lack of carbon and subtle ions and enzymes we can find in soils, that lack in such systems. Worms in the ground in examples, produce many things used by plants among the argilosilicate complexes they make.
They are investing a lot of time and money to breed seeds to create better crops from vertical farming. Do you think that will help or are worms just an essential part?
@@foodverge Breeding helps but knowledge on the epigenom lacks yet. Vertical farming is very interesting, but I find its approach often too simplistic.
Worms are part of the ecosystem and are essentials because they're not like other beasts in soil, they are basically mobile digestive tubes geared with enzymes and bacterias that make mineral traces available for plants, in a complex but rich manner. As you don't just need calories to burn for a sustainable life (=healthy) and i'm pretty sure you'll agree on the fact you can't just resume your diet to eating sugars, plants don't just need an NPK basic formula, they need other mineral traces like we also do. Soil must be seen as a whole ecosystem, especially if we're talking about food plants... Do you only need carbon and sugar or do you need mineral traces (ions) and vitamins ? If you feed plants with depleted intakes, what do you think you'll eat at the end of the chain ? No wonder why people have carences nowadays, despite the abundance of food produced... Our perception when eating is wrong and because we have a feeling of chewing "organic fresh food" just cropped doesn't mean it's nutritive in any way. Supplementing became a common and abnormal reflex now and a bad thing too because of the complex interactions of major and trace elements (which requires vitamins for their absorption and vice versa)... When you lack of iron, i.e, you may receive a prescription for iron, while such a depletion may have its roots in the unbalance of another element. It's really complicated to equilibrate a system, not only because of the homeostasis principle, but just 'cause of the complex interactions at subtile levels. Have a look at "mineral interaction chart" (google image) and pay attention to the arrows directions, it marks oppositions, the more of this, the less of that, follow the arrows and see : it's a f*ck*ng snooker !
Conclusion : better to give the richest soil/base and let the plant take what it needs by itself. Same for us with supplements : everything at all or nothing (+ vitamins at same time), genetic inherently and naturally knows its stuff. It's the most efficient onboard computer.
Sorry for the long answer, I prefered to develop, it's not to be pedantic. I consider other people will read us and maybe one of them may find something useful rather than catching a chitchat exchange. Cheers from France
@@foodverge For the record as i'm warmed up on the topic, i'm remembering a detail of history on plant/soil interaction. Soonest as started the colonization of the USA, the need to craft ships and repair required to launch the plantation of the kind of pines selected after generations for their long and straight trunks, ideal to carve the masts of the ships. Settlers tried to seed but it didn't work, nothing grew, so they simply brought young pines in pots, to replant, and so it worked, but it's only nowaday that we understood why it failed : trees roots need their symbiotic kind of mycelium in the ground with which they could exchange nutriments (and water btw). Naturally the american soil lacked of these specific ones required by these pine trees, so the seed never succeed to grow, and the soil brought during transplantation from european trees samples, contained the rhyzoms needed. We just understood this, centuries later...
Soil are living organisms with species interactions and even symbiosis :)
Have a nice day !
Great insight! Do you think vertical farming can play a role in producing food in the future or will it all lack the essential elements to create great produce?
@@foodverge Right now : only good for leafs, salads, just fibrous plants, nothing more, but yet a valuable domain to dig and develop. Verticality is gpod for rather controlled environments (evaporation level, i.e). In the near future, I don't know if it's successful, from a nutritive point of view, imho i don't think so, with the actual methods, but on the longtermship, after refining systems, a better approach (ideally a crossdomain one) and other discoveries yet to comes, with more knowledge on epigenetic interactions, It may be really worth for sustainable cities development. One thing to replace too would be the plastic pipes, I know it's cheap, but ceramics are neutral and age way better. At the pace of demography, urbanization, and cities growth, and the price of energy, it'll be important soon or later to be selective and invest a little bit more energyin building equipments that will last more than one life rather than changing plastic canalizations exposed to artifical lights 16h/day, every few years, and it will cost a fraction of the total cost of ownership of such systems. Nevertheless, don't imagine replacing traditionnal agriculture with vertical farms, think about the surfaces needed for wheat let's say, and transpose it to indoor systems, can you imagine the buildings ? Vertical farming will stay dedicated to specific plants, for cost reasons and freshness, and above all cutting cost of transportation in a radical manner. Salads, bays, herbs, some fruits, There won't be vertical ricefields. Ever. => cost/surface in urban environment, is decisive.
Do you have a cost comparison of open-field to vertical farming, on a unit product basis?
We have a trend report link in bio that has vital information on vertical farming. I’d be happy to make a video on the cost comparison of vertical farms vs traditional. Looking at key crops and breaking it down by unit cost. Let me know if that sounds good
I think the best way to promulgate the technology is to aim at the pocket book. So, if vertical farming can beat the costs of open-air farming, the process will more easily gain traction. It's the carrot and stick method. A video on this subject would be most helpful.
the best
Hi in tower gardens do the shadow of the tower affects the yields on the adjacent towers ? If yes how do we solve this issue
Nice video and thanks in advance
Great question! In a fully optimised vertical farm they monitor the light using software. They measure the light energy in micro moles. So if a shadow did occur and if a plant isn’t progressing at the optimised growth rate they can supplement with extra light. Essentially the software would be able to detect a poor growth rate and they head grower could rectify the problem.
@@foodverge thanks a lot for the reply. Can I place the towers in a polyhouse using natural sunlight (assuming enough sunlight available) would this system work in such a setup or the issue of shadow would be greater
@@anujshah4595 absolutely! I’ve seen a number of grow tower projects left outside on rooftops with no supplemental light. A glass house would still provide great results and I’d be confident it would get adequate light. It may just increase the growing time by a few more days. Would this be as part of a commercial venture or domestic use?
@@foodverge commercial venture. Planning it in India and would love to get in touch with you to discuss the same in detail.
Is it possible to grow using normal fertilizer, plz inform me,
It will need to be diluted down so it won’t damage the plant. If it is diluted down well you can mix it into the water.
@@foodverge but please how can i delude down
@@abirhasnat7760 why don’t you grow without fertiliser? It will grow well without it
@@foodverge fertiliser means nutrients. What grows without nutrients?
Are the any vertical farming companies you follow or find especially interesting?
I have a video coming out tomorrow on some of the most innovative vertical farm companies. My personal favourite is Infarm. They are constantly innovating and are valued over a $1 billion. What about you? What do you think of vertical farming?
@@foodverge nice, tranks for your answer, will definitely watch it.
I've been reading mostly about Aerofarms so far. And generally believe that vertical farming is inevitable, once at scale and cost competitive, the environmental and logistical advantages are just insane..
@@unbreakableldorado7723 Yes the output is enormous once growing conditions are fully optimised. We are seeing a lot of seed companies try to optimise seeds especially for vertical farms as some of the traits needed for outdoor growing isn’t needed for vertical farms such as wind resistant and certain pest resistance. Super interesting space!
@@foodverge I totally agree, we will see a lot of development in that field over the next years
@@foodverge Infarm has gone bust now... so what is the future for commercial projects?
How feeding
#enigma 😂 #innocent
What?! 😂