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Don't think about a comparison to organic agriculture. This is not an agricultural technology. This is marketing technology, aimed at separating wealthy people
by petra 9y ago
Don't think about a comparison to organic agriculture. This is not an agricultural technology. This is marketing technology, aimed at separating wealthy people from their paycheck at the grocery store.
As for the future for vertical farming ? i'm more optimistic towards using regular greenhouses, with extra led lights optimized for the right color, and "wavelength shifter"[1] layer, that will transform sunlight to the optimal color for the plants - if that tech becomes cheap enough.
[1]They're made of fluorescent die embedded in a clear plastic layer.
- Shivetya 9y agoA few grocery stores here in Atlanta make sure you know when they locally source vegetables so I would assume this happens across the country as a whole. Throw in that all of the goods in the produce isle are labeled with country of origin. so this technology in the article is in the realm of, sounds cool but not really workable. put too much thought into and it falls apart. plus how do we keep the man power needs of the store down as that is one area many are trying to affect