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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....
Gelponics products are a more environmentally friendly replacement for stone wool, which tends to have a high carbon footprint and is non-biodegradable. But what is stone wool made of, and how does Gelponics differ? What is stone wool made of? Stone wool is a lightweight hydroponic substrate made from molten basaltic rock spun into fine fibres. These fine fibres are subsequently moulded into various cubes, blocks, growing slabs, and granular products. Stone wool is widely...
Did you know that conventional agriculture is one of the most significant producers of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 25% of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions?Why are greenhouse gases a problem?Greenhouse gases cause climate change by trapping heat, affecting various species in arid climates. The climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions also contributes to droughts, food supply disruptions, weather and wildfires.Greenhouse gases also contribute to air pollution and smog, which can cause pulmonary and...