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Aside from what the other commenters are saying around trucking the produce. Another benefit of growing indoors that you no longer need pesticides to keep bugs
by 6DM 6y ago
Aside from what the other commenters are saying around trucking the produce. Another benefit of growing indoors that you no longer need pesticides to keep bugs from destroying your crops.
Edit: also it's supposed to use a lot less water
- bastawhiz 6y agoRegarding water at least, it's a lot easier, cheaper, and less energy-intensive to pump water from a waterways/well and spray it on crops than it is to use water processed and delivered through a municipal system. Plants don't need that's been fluoridated or otherwise heavily treated. Especially since fresh water in most dense urban areas is not very plentiful (with some exceptions), I would find it hard to believe that the decrease in water needs outweighs the lack of availability and cost.