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Vertical farming, also known as controlled environment agriculture (CEA), is the name for growing agricultural products or food in a factory-style situation - without the need for the usual growing media such as soil and sunlight. Instead, it relies on innovative greenhouse technologies such as lighting and nutrient delivery mediums.Today’s mainstream food production systems cannot keep up with the growing demand of our increasing population, and vertical farming allows for more efficient production - leading...
The main tasks of commercial horticulturalists are growing, distributing and selling crops, food and plants. One of the most critical parts of this complex role is a scientific understanding of what plants require to grow. Plants are much like humans; they need air, light, warmth, water and nutrients to be healthy. If a plant lacks even one of those, it can affect its growth and die. Let's take a closer look at each factor and...
The United Nations recently revealed that the world's population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050. Feeding all of these people will present us with a considerable challenge. The world is losing more and more of its arable lands daily due to industrial development and urbanisation. A study by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures in 2015 stated that the Earth had lost over a third of its arable land over the previous...
The production of greenhouse crops involved many different tools, with the most important being the growing media. Growing media is the term used to describe the "mixture of components that provide water, air, nutrients and support to plants." In simple terms, these are the materials you put into a container to grow a plant.Growing media is vital because it helps to provide the plant’s physical support, aeration, water and mineral nutrients (by adding fertiliser through...
The total number of humans currently living is 8 billion (June 2022) with this number expected to reach 9 billion by the year 2037. This massive growth in world population means space is becoming an issue, as is food production. Fields and greenhouses to grow crops take up space, but vertical farming saves it. What is vertical farming? Vertical farming is the name given to a system where crops are grown vertically/stacked in towers indoors....