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It's my understanding that the biggest thing other than energy demands holding vertical farming back is the lack of ability to grow staple crops such as wheat,
by noetic_techy 7y ago
It's my understanding that the biggest thing other than energy demands holding vertical farming back is the lack of ability to grow staple crops such as wheat, rice and soy. Sure you can grow plenty of low density high water plants, but you can't feed the planet let alone a city on crunchy water.
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoWe can grow rice indoors. It’s from the grass family and we grow them in flooded irrigated plains anyways. 40% of all food crops is wasted somewhere along the supply chain. It’s a damn shame! I really hope our Ag and food systems change to reforest and rewind existing land for carbon sequestration as we take a much larger percent of food production indoors.