Reasonable Supplements to Traditional Farming
Touches on why traditional farming alone will not sustain us in the future and what some solutions are - such as hydroponics, vertical farming, and aquaponics.
6.
Population Growth
By the year 2050, 80% of the world population will be living
in city and urban communities.
In 1990, less than 40% of the world’s population lived in a city.
11. Modern Hydroponics
Hyundai’s Nano Garden
• Light, water, and nutrient supply controllable so users decide growth speed.
• Functions as an air purifier, eliminating unpleasant smells
Kitchen Cultivator
Hydroponics built into
kitchen island on wheels
12. Rotary Hydroponics
The Green Wheel
developed by NASA
Manage the amount of light,
control the temperature, and
check the water level with a
smart phone!
Rotary
Volksgarden
• designed to hold 3"
root medium
• accommodates
space for up to 80
plants.
• chain driven and
rotates a constant
24 hours a day
• watering and light
timers
• cost is $2595
13. Hydroponics Technology
Hydroponic Accessories:
• Testers for pH, PPM, EC,
• Meters for temperature and
humidity
• Meter calibrators
• Lighting system
• Nutrients - Grow formula, Bloom
formula, Supplements, Ph
• Pumps, air stones
14. Rooftop Hydroponics
Gotham Greens
Rooftop Farm located in
Brooklyn, New York
• 15k square feet
• 100 tons of produce in the first year
• $2 million dollar start-up
• Yields 20% more than traditional farming
16.
Vertical Farming
• The practice of
growing in a vertical
direction
• Usually without soil
(hydroponically)
• Usually in urban
areas, and
sometimes as high
as skyscrapers
• May include
livestock
18. Vertical Farms
Vertical Harvest
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Opening early 2016
• Three-story, 13,500 square-foot
hydroponic green house (150’ x 30’)
• Should produce over 37,000 pounds of
greens, 4,400 pounds of herbs, and 44,000
pounds of tomatoes
• 95% of future crops already sold to local
restaurants, grocery stores, and a hospital
• Employs citizens with disabilities
19. Vertical Farms
Vertical Harvest
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Opening early 2016
• Three-story, 13,500 square-foot
hydroponic green house (150’ x 30’)
• Should produce over 37,000 pounds of
greens, 4,400 pounds of herbs, and 44,000
pounds of tomatoes
• 95% of future crops already sold to local
restaurants, grocery stores, and a hospital
• Employs citizens with disabilities,
20. Vertical Farms
Sky Greens Vertical Farm
Singapore
• World’s first low carbon,
hydraulic driven vertical farm
• Uses minimal land, water and
energy resources
• 10x more productive than
conventional farming
• Only $360/month ($3/tower)
on electricity
• 3 stories tall, 120 aluminum
towers
• Able to produce 1 ton of fresh
veggies every other day
21. The Future of Vertical Farms
Floating Farms F.R.A.
(Floating Response Architecture)
Proposal for Singapore
By JAPA Design Firm
• Loop shape enables the vertical
structure to receive more sunlight
without having significant shadows
• System will aim for zero food waste by
using a data management system to
track of how much food people are
buying, so the farm can automatically
adjust production
22. The Future of Vertical Farms
• 132 Stories of urban farming with room for cattle,
poultry, and 28 different types of crops
• Utopian superstructure of offices, research labs,
housing, and communal areas, orchards, farms, and
production rooms
• Dragonfly has steel and glass set of wings so as to
maintain proper soil nutrient levels and reuse
of bio-waste
Dragonfly
designed by Belgian architect
Vincent Callebaut
Proposed for New York City
23. The Future of Vertical Farms
• 132 Stories of urban farming with room for cattle,
poultry, and 28 different types of crops
• utopian superstructure of offices, research labs,
housing, and communal areas, orchards, farms, and
production rooms
• Dragonfly has steel and glass set of wings so as to
maintain proper soil nutrient levels and reuse
of bio-waste
Dragonfly– designed
by Belgian architect
Vincent Callebaut
Proposed for New York City
24. Aquaponics
• System of aquaculture in
which the waste produced
by farmed fish supplies
nutrients for plants grown
hydroponically, which in
turn purify the water.
• Aztec Indians grew
vegetables on floating rafts
around 1000 A.D.
• Gaining more use, research,
and development in the
past 35 years
25.
Aquaponics
Generally, a well-managed system with a 300 gallon fish
tank will produce:
• 10 pounds of vegetables per every square foot of grow
space
• 50 to 80 pounds of fish per year
28. Larger Aquaponics Systems
Shipping crate that has been modified
to be an aquaponics garden; the crate
houses the fish, the fish provide
nutrients that feed the plants above.
Visualization of Maa-Bara's
sustainable aquaponics
technology
29. Commercial Aquaponics
FarmedHere – Chicago, Illinois
• 90,000 square feet of a formerly abandoned suburban Chicago warehouse,
actually equals 140,000 square feet of growing space.
• Energy-efficient compact-fluorescent lights; even though the lights run
continuously, they only account for 18% of the facility's overall costs.
• Aquaponic growing technologies save up to 97% of fresh water.
• Produces organic food an average of two- to three-times faster than traditional
farming methods.
30.
Commercial Aquaponics
The Plant – Chicago, Illinois
• 93,000 square foot building
• Dedicated to developing circular economies of food production, energy
conservation and material re-use
• Vertical urban farm that combines aquaponics with kombucha tea
production, beer brewing, biogas energy, and a kitchen that serves up the
end result with net-zero waste
• Diverts 10,000 tons of waste per year
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32.
33. Vertical
Farming
Hydro-
ponics
Aqua-
ponics
• Preserve the
Environment
• Reduce the
Carbon
Footprint
• Year-round
Higher Yield
Crops
• No Weeding
and Waist-
High
Harvesting
• No GMOs,
pesticides, or
herbicides
• Reduce Food
Waste
• Use 95% Less
Water
• Grow in any
Environment
• No
Agricultural
Runoff/Toxic
Fertilizers
34. “The questions arises, can we supply enough food for
everybody on the planet, including a growing urban
population? and I think we can. And I think we can do it by
empowering people in the cities to grow food right there,”
– Dickson Despommier, Columbia University.
“Modern agriculture is the largest consumer of land on the
planet, it’s the largest consumer of fresh water on the planet,
about 60% of the world’s fresh water withdrawal goes toward
conventional agriculture; it’s the source of the world’s most
water pollution, it is responsible for about 15%of the global
greenhouse emissions.”
Viraj Puri
CEO and Co-founder of Gotham Greens
Hinweis der Redaktion
Growing concern of a 2-faced food crisis
Our world is experiences considerable food loss at every stage of the food chain
Harvest
Post harvest (storage)
Processing and packing
Distribution
Consumption – excess prepared, food past sale date
Bring the statistics closer to home - food waste in the US
11% - grocery stores
44% - residential – portion of that due to it going bad before we use it
Some of this could be solved if our food had a longer shelf life – if we were able to buy it closer to the time it was harvested
Other parts of the world are dealing with food shortages
These are some recent headlines
World population is growing
By the year 2050, 80% of the world population will be living in city and urban communities.
In 1990, less than 40% of the world’s population lived in a city.
Arable means “to PLOW” in Latin
Land that can grow things and be cultivated
2050 – would require cropland the size of South America and Brazil
That much cropland does not exist!
We will need to develop alternatives of supplemental solutions BEFORE 2050
Hydroponics is the technology of growing plants with a supplemented nutrient solution instead of using soil. There are several different designs of hydroponic systems. Some methods use a growing medium for the plants, such as clay pellets, wood chips, or foam. Others allow the roots to dangle in the nutrient solution or they are simply sprayed by a fine mist of the solution.
Several homemade systems as well as ready-to-go kits; Uses 70-90% less water than traditional farming & gardening
Technological innovations allowing people with limited space and no yards to have the conveniences and benefits of hydroponics in their home. Light, water, and nutrient supply controllable so users decide growth speed.
Functions as an air purifier, eliminating unpleasant smells
Uses 70-90% less water than traditional farming & gardneing; diseases and pests are more manageable since there is no soil; growing can be maintained year-round without the need for crop rotation and weeding, and higher yields can be produced in less space.
There are currently large scale urban hydroponic farms all over the globe – including the South Pole!
Growing so close to the grocery store has increased the shelf life of produce at the grocery stores and in the customers’ homes.
Further assisting the issue of working in limited space or maximizing the amount of space available – is the use of vertical farming.
It is now possible to control the temperature, humidity, lighting, airflow and nutrient conditions to get the best productivity out of plants year round, anywhere in the world.
Singapore is an extremely large, dense country with little to no arable land
Import 90% of their produce
These vertical farms can be the solution to feeding an increasing urban population while diminishing the adverse effects climate has on the farming industry such as droughts and floods.
132 Stories of urban farming with room for cattle, poultry, and 28 different types of crops
Utopian superstructure of offices, research labs, housing, and communal areas, orchards, farms, and production rooms
Dragonfly has steel and glass set of wings so as to maintain proper soil nutrient levels and reuse of bio-waste
Ancient Chinese were using forms of aquaponics (duck cages over the fish ponds, nutrients from fish pond water to sustain rice fields) in 5th century B.C.
A properly set up system can be very efficient, with very little maintenance. Fish should be fed high quality fish food to avoid problems with the taste of the vegetables.
Multiple sizes – desk top herb gardens and larger
Creative designs
Larger designs for family or community sized urban gardens
Aquaponic growing technologies save up to 97% of fresh water.
Produces organic food an average of two- to three-times faster than traditional farming methods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMBxJTQqnRI#t=93
93,000 square foot building
Dedicated to developing circular economies of food production, energy conservation and material re-use
Vertical urban farm that combines aquaponics with kombucha tea production, beer brewing, biogas energy, and a kitchen that serves up the end result with net-zero waste
Diverts 10,000 tons of waste per year
No Agricultural Runoff/Toxic Fertilizers
Year-round Higher Yield Crops
Reduce Food Waste – longer shelf life by bringing food closer to the people