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I'm fairly blown-away at the mission statement: “improve human nutrition and preserve the environment by growing food indoors" Adding a building doesn't improv

I'm fairly blown-away at the mission statement: “improve human nutrition and preserve the environment by growing food indoors" Adding a building doesn't improve the environment, so for starters you're in the hole, for energy, you're in the hole (pending solar and thermal recovery, each with environmental impact of their own)... Larry, let's talk. There's for sure a use for greenhouses, sensors, all the tech, but let's focus on the soil.

lkbm 2y ago
> Adding a building doesn't improve the environment Depends how concerned you are about pesticides.
- zombiwoof 2y ago
  Exactly Show me any farm that doesn’t use them I’ll wait
  - zug_zug 2y ago
    There is indoor lettuce I can buy at my supermarkets that is "zero pesticide" (you can just google it and find several, don't want to post any sort of links to products here). I suspect it's hydroponic.
    - x-complexity 2y ago
      > I suspect it's hydroponic. It's axiomatically-speaking the one of the only few ways to make it happen. "zero pesticides" implies no bugs/insects around to need spraying it in the first place, and doing that requires (A) a clean environment + (B) no regular soil (regular soil may have insect eggs / fungi in them). The only things that come to mind are hydroponics & hydrogel agriculture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel_agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel_agriculture