I want to see charts, numbers, what does it cost, is this doable everywhere, is this renewable, energy efficient, etc etc, and comparisons to conventional farming
@@RainCity3rd Let's not forget all plastic that's being put into the environment doing it this way. Also losing all microbiology you get the soil is a big no-no for any type of farming. Can't expect plants that for millions of years that rely on beneficial fungi to suddenly not have them anymore. The cost for example is also way too high for example the largest vertical farming being built is being done by AeroFarm and will cost $40M USD. (which will produce an estimate 2 million pounds of produce a year) At the same cost you could buy 5000 acres in Iowa and in worst case scenarios produce at 125 million pounds of greens.
@@SmugLlama1234 but you also need to invest in all of the machinery for the farm where the vertical farm number you quoted likely includes. Also the real farm uses a ton more energy and I suspect a greater environmental footprint as need for weeding take a lot of energy and chemicals. That plastic should work fine for decades so I don't know if it's releasing much more than farming. Again this is good where the soil is terrible and where water is scarce. Is this going to replace farms? No. Is this a good alternative to continue to innovate especially is in water scare sunny places, Shure why not.
@@SmugLlama1234 I can't imagine how they could be even with how intensive mordern farming is. Using some 3 field system sure it hobby farm but not industrial with the need to rejuvenate the depleted soil and deal with weeds, pests etc. How admitted we are exactly comparing apples to apples here because this vertical farm isn't nearly at the scale to be much more than demonstration. Would need much more automatic systems for seedlings, planting and harvesting. Again I see a place for both. A little tower in the backyard could do a lot for most houses and much closer to home which is great considering transportation is the big elephant in the room for any large scale centralized system of food production. Where land is valuable such as urban environments this is really neat. Of we can even grow more of our food at home or close that is a big deal. Cuba does this very well out, as they have to.
@@SmugLlama1234 You could build those towers from hempcrete with chicken wire inside, that way you could reduce a ton of plastic, if plastic is what you worry about.
One thing I have been looking into, and I suggest others to look into as ell, is the Greenhouse Gas emissions from Greenhouses needed to grow in this way. I have found that rather than growing using Hydroponics or Aeroponics, a preferable alternative would be implementing Permaculture methods into agriculture. If we focused on working in harmony with nature and following in mother natures footsteps, we can be very productive and also very ecologically conscious. Mother nature is the best gardener after all.
We should never get rid of some natural gardens or farming, but places like this should pop up all over. In cities, in dry or unfarmable areas. This would be such a helpful addition.
There will always be at least some conventional farming. Corn and wheat for example, cannot be grown vertically because of the height of the stalk. Apples, Peaches, Oranges and so on must be grow in orchards because of the structural nature of the tree. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, but that's also the beauty of it.
Figured I'd chime in here on the comments about plastic, and the nutrient solutions. The plastic these towers are made of is all UV stabilized and fully food grade, certified to not leech anything into the water, or food grow in the system. And while many have said this is unsustainable since plastic is usually petrol based... you need to take into consideration the massive amount of petroleum used to grow and transport produce to our grocery stores - if you have a lot of land and can grow your own without a compact system like this that is fantastic, but there are millions of people who don't have that luxury, and this system allows them to grow their own instead of relying on our giant gas guzzling agricultural system. As for the nutrient solutions, they are simply earth and sea based minerals. Minerals, by definition, are NOT organic (chemistry defines the term 'organic' as carbon based substances). That said, there is no petroleum or other chemicals used in the nutrients. They are the same minerals you'd get from growing plants in soil, so if you grow food with this system, while the nutrient solutions themselves can't be called organic since they are just minerals, all the food grown in it with this solution could/would be organic unless you chose to spray or use other additives. A few things I absolutely LOVE about this system vs soil gardening, and why I grow with 3 of them myself even though I have a sunny 1/4 acre I also grow some soil based gardens on: 1) it allows people who wouldn't otherwise have the space/time/knowledge to grow their own food to now be able to do so, which in turn empowers people to take ownership of where their food comes from and to make better health choices for them and their families 2) Growing your own food allows you to eliminate not only the tons of herbicides/pesticides/petrol etc that our national agriculture relies on, but also eliminates plastic grocery store bags, gas to and from store/shipping/etc, and tons of food waste. 3) since these towers are a closed loop system, there is zero runoff into our waterways etc and it also protects the food you are growing from contamination, 4) the University of Mississippi, one of the best agricultural research centers in the US, studies these systems compared to soil based gardening, and found that this system met or exceeded what could be produced in the ground on everything from growth rate, yields, disease and pest resistance, and end nutritional content of the produce itself. 5) Growing with this system allows you to grow a garden with up to 90-95% less water than conventional gardening requires to grow a similar crop, and in a time where access to clean water is becoming an ever increasing problem, this is a huge win.
I like how down to earth and friendly like a normal-every day person this reporter was. Some people might see it differently because the way our internet is (words that come to mind: authoritative, ignorant, perfect, etc.) It's nice to see someone that's genuinely curious and respectful.
Ivan Ooze correct is a conspiration ! I don’t buy the white metal or plastic holding up all those plants . Because it’s going to release some chemicals components .... then plants will absorb them anyway ......
@@Kassiusday Compared to the amount of high degradation plastic used in agricultural grade plastic, using a high grade plastic like what is in those grow towers, especially if kept in temperatures lower than 85º F, compared to the high heat direct UV exposed tunnels most of your greens comes from the comparison isn't even on the same chart of exposure. As this technology becomes more and more popular, make no mistake, you will find a "merchants of doubt" style offensive from the agrochemical industry.
I love being able to see this kind of farming, but I feel like she just seemed to be more interested in the aesthetic of the place than the science and methodology behind the plants. And like other people have said, she didn't seem to be on the same wavelength as the guy, and thus didn't really ask many important questions. I think she should have been more informed before going. However, he was really interesting.
@Awenda This system is a hydroponic system. The vertical columns are a much more efficient way to manage and distribute nutrient-rich water. These indoor systems are designed for year-round growing. In this system, it's optimised for leafy greens and herbs. Commercial hydroponic systems are capable of producing enough produce that can feed well beyond 100 people a day. The crops you mentioned (potatoes, corn, cabbage, broccoli) can't be grown in a vertical system. However, there are many other methods growing methods for hydroponics. This video just does a woeful job in explaining anything. It's solely the presenter's fault for being more interested in the looks rather than the functionality.
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nurse here. when I talk to most other nurses about food nutrition they look at me like I have 3 arms. this guy speaks everything I talk of. "meds are bandaids". "everyone's micronutrition is off". great guy, keep spreading the good work.
And how it produces an audience of ignorami just educated enough to feel strongly about a topic but too naive to understand that everything has pros and cons. Just like with most obscure tech, aeroponics s cool but it's highly situational, and people who watch infotainment without using their brains will overlook that every time.
The beauty of this is that we can have these farms in our cities so that the transportation cost is cheaper as well. Almost half of our vegetable prices consists of high transportation costs for bringing these from rural areas into urban areas.
I stopped watching exactly at this point because of this, combined with her previously useless narration of describing that it is a bunch of veggies growing on towers, while showing us the video where we can deduce that ourselves.
Stable and dependable electricity supply is paramount for these. One power outage from a thunderstorm caused me to loose all my plants. I also lost all my plants due to a pump failure while I was asleep. If a pump failure happens while you are asleep couple of hours will kill your plants. Some sort of alarm system is needed to alert you to a problem with the water cycling. You better have a backup pump for each tower. White towers let enough light in to let algae to grow I painted mine black to end this algae growth problem.
@@michaelsotomayor5001 only he *never* said that. He was trolling birx (or whatever she's called) Lot of vaccines have "detergent"like chemicals in, think he was making subtle points about the f'd up profit driven big pharma industry.
I'd like to see this turned into a documentary where details about the financial aspects and details about the nutrition solution are explored. This is Space Age agriculture. I can see obvious advantages but would like to see the scale up cost in the documentary. Thank you for the video.
add a fish pond below ... the fish feed on algae ... they poop in the water ... the water feeds the plants the plants clean the water ... and back to the fish it goes ... there you now have your garden and a fish pond with dinner growing in it along with your garden ... heck add a worm bed compost fish feeder and now you also grow worms to feed the fish and break down your garden trash again putting nutrients back into the water ... and so on ... as for cost ... how much does it cost for a 12 inch diameter section of drain pipe and say 16 feet of 2inch abs ... and some adhesive ... and tubing and a pump ... and of course a room with good light you can put it ... and a tub for the fish ... and now you have a fish feeding pond and garden that also supplies your meat and fresh veg as needed ... . aquaponics ... is where you combine the garden and the fish huggle culture is where you close the loop even further by including the bits needed to compost down the waste materials back into useful nutrients for the system ... from adding may fly larva to worms to ducks and chickens ... etc ... you can make a complete self supporting garden that will supply meat veg and even eggs in small scale ... or if made into a major deal can provide cow feed and increase garden production by a HUGE amount ... . all in all for basic system you can build it for under $1,000 bucks .... and use it for years ... so how many veg would it have to produce to pay for itself ... if you grew 120 plants of iceberg lettuce and each head cost 2bucks at the store ... then 500 plants or 5 grow sessions of lettuce would pay for the complete setup ... every plant after that is FREE except for the time to tend them ...
@@0623kaboom men, a 4 towers hidroponic sistem, can be as expensive as 500 bucks... and with a high of 1.80 mts tall, you can easily put about 12 to 24 plant set EACH, and the only real expensive thing would be liquid nutrients. But about the other things you put... are basically unviable, at least the worm bed
I actually find this creative and sustainable just basing it on the fact that its using less land and less water (which is quite the need of the hour) and even then producing good quality vegetables. and even if some people might consider it 'unsustainable' it at least is an effort towards being better!
You throw around "sustainable" like you have the slightest fucking idea what the word means. Firstly, land is the most sustainable resource on the planet... it IS the planet! There is farmland that's been used for thousands of years- good luck in ten years finding a single piece of PVC in an aeroponics garden that's survived the decade. Oh, did I mention that it's literally growing plants in plastic? You know, plastic from CRUDE OIL? So sustainable. "Less water"- do you even know what "water" is? You seem to be under the unfathomably ignorant delusion that irrigation water comes from Dasani bottles. The truth is that 46% of produce sold (by cost) didn't require any irrigation at all- it was watered only by the most sustainable source of water- rain. The remaining 54% was watered mostly through the same rain but with additions of only slightly filtered water or through flood irrigation, where rainwater flows through canals to the farmland- no trucking, no pumping, no gas- wholly sustainable. This shit? You use petrochemicals to make the freaking tubes, petrochemicals to fuel the pumps, petrochemicals TO LITERALLY BE THE BUILDING. The only thing less sustainable would be to GROW CROPS IN LITERAL OIL.
Every sizeable (and that could be as small as thousands of people) community could have a bunch of these indoor vertical farms for their year-round local food supply needs. Why is this not everywhere? Fake hold ups. Yes. Not because we can't technically do this. Not because it isn't efficient. Sure there are some complications to sort out, but that can be done. The hold up is we are trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. The round hole is the infinite growth, profit maximizing monetary-market system that the world uses currently as an 'economy' with the square peg that is: Environmental and mental health and sustainability. That's what we want, but we can't get there in the wrong sort of economy. But we can change. It won't be easy. But it's possible. Dare I say, inspiring, if you know where to look. Look at all the systems we could be using: Circular Economy, Open-Access Economy or Natural Law Resource Based Economy. Never heard of them? Not surprised. The super rich ownership class don't exactly wanting people to know about it. However, that shouldn't stop you.
@@chazaqs9109 The WEF folks can talk about whatever they want to talk about, and they have talked about a lot of things, but what's your point? Forget them, they aren't going to control your life and mind unless you let them over fear and paranoia. What I'm talking about is system thinking. The system we have now of monetary-market capitalism is socially, economically and environmentally unsustainable. It already has a tiny minority of super rich owners. In the capitalist game, they have already won that game of Monopoly. And the system will run off course and take most of humanity down with it if we don't talk about what really matters: System change. Start local. The WEF aren't in your local town are they? So, read as much as you can and learn as much as you can about systems, science and Natural Law. If the '-isms' are distracting you, don't let them. Keep looking at the facts and figures until you understand the root problem and then you can work on viable solutions, such as building up local self-sustainable communities with co-ops that people choose to engage in and benefit from by creating abundance of basic needs for all who want it. That's a practical, possible solution. Worrying about the WEF is not.
This should teach everyone. Before you do an interview, you have to educate yourself about the interviewee and the topic so you can gather substantial data. Finding a nice feature entry isn't enough!!!!
Where do you think the nutrients come from... this is like claiming the dictionary is a novel thing because it has the most unique words in it of any book.
@@samshaw1443 The conclusion that "plants don't need soil" is only valid if you don't bother to take into account where the nutrient slurries come from which are used in aeroponics, where the water comes from that's used, where the electricity comes from that pumps the water... aeroponics uses MORE soil than any other growing method, and also more fossil fuels. Also, there isn't "nothing wrong with not knowing something", that's a platitude. There's a lot wrong with not knowing certain things, and even more with failing to make the most blatantly obvious connections when presented with all the necessary information.
These sorts of vertical farms are invaluable for reducing the field space required for plants that perform well in hydroponic and aquaponic setups and freeing up space for crops that do not do well in or can not be grown in hydroponic environments.
We have no grocery store in my county near me. There's a rec area at a nice Lake. Lots of people come here, and live here. Finally last year we got a general dollar! They call it a grocery store!!! It's all packaged crap and hydrogenated oils in there ice cream. I really choose to do this to help my community’
When you look at the embodied energy of any product, one of, if not the largest component is the energy to transport the item to your door. If these farms popped up locally, and cold be competitive on price, this would be good for people's health and for the environment.
this video is publicity for fools marketing only :), I know the flavour from my grandmother garden and the flavor of this kind of products. There are man laboratory studies to put us in guard. Open your eyes people.
This is suited to the small space garden or farming, it should be practicing by other farmer in order for them to produce a lot of vegetables. This is one of the best practice road in the sustainable ways🤗🤗
I have an Aerogarden at home that works quite well, but can get pricey ☹ Google vertical hydroponic systems. Found one on Alibaba for $161-170. The hard part is the nutrients.
I wish we had a balcony... We have a doorstep, and the blessing of a corner outside that normally would have had a bush but ours didn't for some reason. We've got stuff in there already for gardening, thanks to my Mom sending us raised garden beds. One is my hubby's, one is mine, (to choose what to grow in it. Both were actually for him. Oops 😅) So I wouldn't have anywhere to put anything else right now. And the nutrients would be a problem... 😟 as much as I'd love to share, our neighbors aren't particularly friendly 😑 so what room we have is already taken, and I kinda want to get my family sustainable before trying to spread it out 🤷♀️
I really like the idea of indoor and vertical farming. I think it would be useful for Canadian farms. We have a pretty short growing season so we wouldn’t have to rely on foreign markets so much. Thinks like vegetables, fruit, and berries are expensive the farther north you go and it’s not unusual to see mould in berries by the time they get up to where I live. It’s September 10th and we’re getting frost warnings at night but the afternoons are unbearably hot. So it would be nice if farms around where I live used indoor farming over the winter to plant crops we normally have to import. It would cut down drastically on the amount of nonrenewable resources used to get us just a few strawberries. There are places in the territories you only get in by flying, places that pay $5 for a head of lettuce, they really need access to this sort of thing. I know at least one community created a year round green house but I wish it was more common. Places with droughts, short growing seasons, or a lot of people to feed but not a lot of land could really use this kind of system. I hope governments pay closer attention to these sort of solutions and alternatives and see if that’s something they can encourage or work with bring to their own communities
Soil does alot more than just hold a plant and water. Trace elements, fungal trading networks, complex protein chains. Plants also communicate through the humus so these plants are effectively in solitary confinement.
I actually like the interviewer. I just started learning to garden, and plant. It is such a learning curve, so I can’t blame her for not being super knowledgeable
I'm watching this video from my country in Papua New Guinea, it's the biggest Island in the Pacific Region. I bought a rundown farm and I'm doing little farming. I'm interested in this kind of farming Vertical Farming, we have alot of coconut in our country that's why I want to do vertical farming. Please may you send me a toturiel video of how you build your farm, where to get the materials for the farm, and roughly give how much it will cost me to built my farm. Thank you so much for sharing this video
Actually salad that's been grown in soil tastes different from salad that's been grown in water, and if your palette is fine enough you can even know the different types of soil the salad was grown in... I personally hate the taste of hydroponic salad and actually get stomach aches from it
It makes you skeptical because the reporter failed at being skeptical due to not knowing a damn thing about the subject matter. So she did the only thing she could resort to, and make it look like some sort of ad. Easy.
You're right, there's a bit too much of "oh gosh, that's crazy" to it. But it's not as if it was difficult to do my own research - ecosia, wikipedia, or: try it out for yourself. Without weeds and insects, I wonder how these plants deal with fungal pests. And: since there's no dirt at all, the nutrient solution would have to contain dozens of different minerals.
God bless this Man & his family. This is phenomenal !!! Also, you left a question I answered. "You can feed 100 families for a week for how long off of the entire room of plants" ?🌱🌱
Lauren Ellerbeck I bought this garbage from Whole Foods last night. It’s going in the trash once I find my receipt or either I’m taking it back for real lettuce. It’s rubbery, it’s not Gods lettuce, it’s 🤢
They would be less nutritious than organic ones. You need the soil for its biome of microorganisms. These microorganisms break down minerals into forms that the plant can uptake. Since organic plants have access to more nutrients they will in turn be more nutritious. They taste much better too.
@@bear532 Your actually wrong on that, NASA has done tons of research on aeroponics and have proven that high pressure aeroponics growing systems produce more nutrient dense plants with better flavor than even permaculture can, using a fraction of the water and space needed in soil based farming. You also need to realize that the origin of a molecule does not effect it's safety profile as nitrogen is nitrogen no matter the source.
@@bear532 But you spray the plants in vertical farms with the minerals already broken down into forms the plant can uptake. So, no need for soil microbes.
the z00t my family has a home setup in a greenhouse in our backyard. The greenhouse and our own made system all costs around $1000-$1500 and is pretty cheap to run. Just need to run the pump. If you would like to see it we have a channel called 2g Hydroponics
@@michaelsotomayor5001 Plants grow up in nature with the soil, the minerals that are in it and so on. I know the US had a problem with the lack of iodine in the soil, lead to lesser amount of iodine in the plants, which lead to less iodine in people and caused sickness(the US added iodine to salt to help remedy this). To grow a plant like this must make it devoid of such things
The best possible use for this will be to replace most agricultural farming as the need for high amounts of greens in larger and larger cities becomes more important
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Most Fruiting plants are too large for the design intent on those towers. There don't appear to be any points to tie up or support heavy fruits and the planting nodes are too close together. Larger plants would over compete with one another and cause an efficiency loss. I work for another hydroponic business that is growing and beginning to prototype vertical gardens. You are helping me think :)
Some fruit plants come from trees, which require quite a lot more of work, nutrients, and some are weak to environment (which is why fruit exportation is expensive). The leafy greens are vegetables tho, and their requirements are idoneous for this system to work.
It's not niche in Singapore, but in the West most people will buy produce from grocers. Kroger's is already doing it in Washington and Oregan. www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-12/vertical-farms-are-coming-to-u-s-grocery-stores
The price for those towers is ridiculous. Smallest tower pricing around 600$, plus you need nutrients, plus it consumes some electricity to run the water flow. So after all its not as great as it sounds.
@@GSazheniuk That’s only for the towers like this. Check out the link I sent in the chat. All that needs is a connection to the same refrigerator that everything else is connected to.
"the vegetables we saw at true garden were just growing, right there." Thank you for this amazing insight 😐. Good lord could they have picked a worse person to report on this.
This is nice as an example of one way to farm. But it isn't necessarily the only or best way. Yes there are bugs and weeds and poor soil quality. But there are ways to deal with these issues in an eco friendly way. And not everyone has money to buy a hydroponic system but most people have a backyard or can buy a pot and put soil in it. Gardening can be a simple or complicated , messy or sterile as you want to make it. I prefer putting a seed in the ground and watching something wonderful grow. And yes, some bug may munch on it, but it might not. More times than not I get a beautiful bunch of plants that produce more than enough for me and I can share with friends and family. Put a seed in some soil , water it and see what happens. It'll change your life.
On industrial scale this far outweighs the alternative conventional farming method. I think thats the point of the video. Hobby farms are excellent and I wish everyone could have one but its not where most people get their produce.
Most beautiful thing about your comment was that you choose to call soil as soil. I mean a lot of people call it dirt. People need to understand that soil is fundamental wealth of a nation. The quality of soil decides the starting phases of development of a nation. We have lost essential microbes from top layer of soil because of various reasons (excessive uses of fertiliser/salt and pesticides). Good thing we understand it now, and we should work to revert it back. I spoonful soil is home to a thousand species of bacteria. They are part of ecosystem. Their amount in soil decided how rich your soil will be. This is the real wealth of a nation. Again soil is not dirt dear host. You and me all are pop out of this earth and will become soil one day.
the problem I have with this idea is there is a lack of microbiology that is traditionally associated with farming. When you grow biologically an in harmony with nature, you get more nutrients in your food because that soil is more alive. the problem with American AG is the lack of traditional understanding of the way the land should be worked. The best way has always been bio-mimicry. Don't get me wrong because this is innovative, but its moving away from what our planet really needs. If we moved to mars, this would be an option, but we still have land that needs to be worked with aging farmers who have no one to take over their farms because all the children have moved out to the city to get a "regular job". If anyone reads this comment, and understands what I am saying, go read the book "Folks, this ain't normal" by Joel Salatin to gain some perspective from one of the leading biological farmers in north America.
Thanks Nick. Also, living soils absorb CO2 and have the capacity to reverse global warming. There's a guy running for President who's Climate Plan supports regenerative styles of agriculture - maybe you already know of him? Andrew Yang, #Yang2020.com/policies
micro biology doesnt add anything extra to ur plant thn what bottled nutrients have. the microbes and fungal bacteria just work hand in hand with ur roots to provide them nutrients from the soil. the bottled nutrients r just artificial making this a non organic grow but work just the same. with hydro you will get better plant growth as the roots are getting more oxygen and organic soil will ultimately have better taste as it is getting natural nutrients and not bottled.
We are running out of places to grow things and I do think that the future is going to be a combination of traditional farming and this style of farming but it really doesn't look like she did her research here. The myth that "old food" or non organic food has "up to 90% less nutrients" is just that a myth. in fact it has been debunked numerous times. Yes all food including organic food is sprayed with pesticides and that is the reason that if you care about things you need to look at each farm, each crop and each country differently because organic is not the safest alternative across the board. There is also the issue here that the whole system that this is growing in is plastic and there are likely micro particles and PCB's that are being leached off into the water and concentrated in the plants. The same thing happens with conventional farming but nowhere near as much because the plants are not 100% surrounded by plastic that is being hit by sunlight and deteriorated. And as these companies last longer and longer they will try to stretch the use of the equipment longer and longer to increase the profit margins and that will lead to higher and higher concentrations of these chemicals. Has anyone ever done tests about the bio accumulation of plastics and the chemicals they leach? I haven't done a serious search for it but I was not able to easily find information about it.
WOW JUST WOW - - FEEDING 100 families on 1/10th of an acre, using 3% normal water usage. Cool TOWER hothouse! Bonus: working in an oxygen-rich environment is very good for your alkalinity goals! And for brain function and regularity!
Leafy greens and some very light fruits and veggies - like berries can be be grown like this. What about produce like watermelons, coconuts, even potatoes (which grow underground)... ?
you could even cut costs of transport by having more farms spread out. This could also be placed on top of buildings etc or combined with solar pannels
Bruh, this cookie cutter chic is played out already, huh.. like OMG Becky, like seriously, there's frickin no water? Like OMG, it's like magic, it's like... Do they make any other kind of chic, 🤣🤣🤣
I have used these towers for cannabis not for food ,I have seen different foods being grown on them,and honestly they take less space and produce more than normal growing methods
The plastic in those tubes has a much lower degradation rate than agricultural grade plastics. Make no mistake though, as this becomes more popular you're going to see a "merchants of doubt" style backlash from the agrochemical industry.
I disagree - I think she represents the general population a lot better than someone who is very knowledgeable and academic, and as such has a better chance of reaching the general population.
I want to see charts, numbers, what does it cost, is this doable everywhere, is this renewable, energy efficient, etc etc, and comparisons to conventional farming
@@RainCity3rd Let's not forget all plastic that's being put into the environment doing it this way. Also losing all microbiology you get the soil is a big no-no for any type of farming. Can't expect plants that for millions of years that rely on beneficial fungi to suddenly not have them anymore.
The cost for example is also way too high for example the largest vertical farming being built is being done by AeroFarm and will cost $40M USD. (which will produce an estimate 2 million pounds of produce a year) At the same cost you could buy 5000 acres in Iowa and in worst case scenarios produce at 125 million pounds of greens.
@@SmugLlama1234 but you also need to invest in all of the machinery for the farm where the vertical farm number you quoted likely includes. Also the real farm uses a ton more energy and I suspect a greater environmental footprint as need for weeding take a lot of energy and chemicals. That plastic should work fine for decades so I don't know if it's releasing much more than farming. Again this is good where the soil is terrible and where water is scarce.
Is this going to replace farms? No. Is this a good alternative to continue to innovate especially is in water scare sunny places, Shure why not.
@@SmugLlama1234 I can't imagine how they could be even with how intensive mordern farming is. Using some 3 field system sure it hobby farm but not industrial with the need to rejuvenate the depleted soil and deal with weeds, pests etc. How admitted we are exactly comparing apples to apples here because this vertical farm isn't nearly at the scale to be much more than demonstration. Would need much more automatic systems for seedlings, planting and harvesting. Again I see a place for both. A little tower in the backyard could do a lot for most houses and much closer to home which is great considering transportation is the big elephant in the room for any large scale centralized system of food production. Where land is valuable such as urban environments this is really neat. Of we can even grow more of our food at home or close that is a big deal. Cuba does this very well out, as they have to.
@@SmugLlama1234 You could build those towers from hempcrete with chicken wire inside, that way you could reduce a ton of plastic, if plastic is what you worry about.
One thing I have been looking into, and I suggest others to look into as ell, is the Greenhouse Gas emissions from Greenhouses needed to grow in this way. I have found that rather than growing using Hydroponics or Aeroponics, a preferable alternative would be implementing Permaculture methods into agriculture. If we focused on working in harmony with nature and following in mother natures footsteps, we can be very productive and also very ecologically conscious. Mother nature is the best gardener after all.
We should never get rid of some natural gardens or farming, but places like this should pop up all over. In cities, in dry or unfarmable areas. This would be such a helpful addition.
There will always be at least some conventional farming. Corn and wheat for example, cannot be grown vertically because of the height of the stalk. Apples, Peaches, Oranges and so on must be grow in orchards because of the structural nature of the tree. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, but that's also the beauty of it.
Yeah for both pesticide use and destroying forests for farming it would be nice.
Would love to see that coming
not part of the system
@Ferdinand Vardas I noticed that. The problem is Town and Cities being overly ambitious with Rental Properties and Property Taxes.
*it's not this or that, it's this AND that! We need both*
Figured I'd chime in here on the comments about plastic, and the nutrient solutions.
The plastic these towers are made of is all UV stabilized and fully food grade, certified to not leech anything into the water, or food grow in the system. And while many have said this is unsustainable since plastic is usually petrol based... you need to take into consideration the massive amount of petroleum used to grow and transport produce to our grocery stores - if you have a lot of land and can grow your own without a compact system like this that is fantastic, but there are millions of people who don't have that luxury, and this system allows them to grow their own instead of relying on our giant gas guzzling agricultural system.
As for the nutrient solutions, they are simply earth and sea based minerals. Minerals, by definition, are NOT organic (chemistry defines the term 'organic' as carbon based substances). That said, there is no petroleum or other chemicals used in the nutrients. They are the same minerals you'd get from growing plants in soil, so if you grow food with this system, while the nutrient solutions themselves can't be called organic since they are just minerals, all the food grown in it with this solution could/would be organic unless you chose to spray or use other additives.
A few things I absolutely LOVE about this system vs soil gardening, and why I grow with 3 of them myself even though I have a sunny 1/4 acre I also grow some soil based gardens on:
1) it allows people who wouldn't otherwise have the space/time/knowledge to grow their own food to now be able to do so, which in turn empowers people to take ownership of where their food comes from and to make better health choices for them and their families
2) Growing your own food allows you to eliminate not only the tons of herbicides/pesticides/petrol etc that our national agriculture relies on, but also eliminates plastic grocery store bags, gas to and from store/shipping/etc, and tons of food waste.
3) since these towers are a closed loop system, there is zero runoff into our waterways etc and it also protects the food you are growing from contamination,
4) the University of Mississippi, one of the best agricultural research centers in the US, studies these systems compared to soil based gardening, and found that this system met or exceeded what could be produced in the ground on everything from growth rate, yields, disease and pest resistance, and end nutritional content of the produce itself.
5) Growing with this system allows you to grow a garden with up to 90-95% less water than conventional gardening requires to grow a similar crop, and in a time where access to clean water is becoming an ever increasing problem, this is a huge win.
Thanks Jeremy.
Really wish you were the one covering this and not this Grateful rep lmao.
Thanks for the thesis...lol. good stuff!!
I suggest you read "Merchants of Doubt". As this becomes more popular the agrochemical industry will come after this with FUD.
How does it really use that much less water?
I like how down to earth and friendly like a normal-every day person this reporter was.
Some people might see it differently because the way our internet is (words that come to mind: authoritative, ignorant, perfect, etc.)
It's nice to see someone that's genuinely curious and respectful.
We 100% agree!
She didn't seem to be on the same wavelength as this guy, which led to her being fascinated and not necessarily asking the important questions.
Ivan Ooze correct is a conspiration ! I don’t buy the white metal or plastic holding up all those plants . Because it’s going to release some chemicals components .... then plants will absorb them anyway ......
totally agree, I learned only how fachined she was - nothing useful.
@@Kassiusday Compared to the amount of high degradation plastic used in agricultural grade plastic, using a high grade plastic like what is in those grow towers, especially if kept in temperatures lower than 85º F, compared to the high heat direct UV exposed tunnels most of your greens comes from the comparison isn't even on the same chart of exposure. As this technology becomes more and more popular, make no mistake, you will find a "merchants of doubt" style offensive from the agrochemical industry.
@@Kassiusday Oh come on..!
@@Kassiusday yeah, no. ignorance and personal incredulity is not a good ground to build a premise on.
I love being able to see this kind of farming, but I feel like she just seemed to be more interested in the aesthetic of the place than the science and methodology behind the plants. And like other people have said, she didn't seem to be on the same wavelength as the guy, and thus didn't really ask many important questions. I think she should have been more informed before going. However, he was really interesting.
Bra.. it's a red headed female what'd you expect?
The fact that the guy mentioned using coconut husk as the soil for the plant had my wheels turning.
@Awenda This system is a hydroponic system. The vertical columns are a much more efficient way to manage and distribute nutrient-rich water. These indoor systems are designed for year-round growing. In this system, it's optimised for leafy greens and herbs.
Commercial hydroponic systems are capable of producing enough produce that can feed well beyond 100 people a day. The crops you mentioned (potatoes, corn, cabbage, broccoli) can't be grown in a vertical system. However, there are many other methods growing methods for hydroponics.
This video just does a woeful job in explaining anything. It's solely the presenter's fault for being more interested in the looks rather than the functionality.
Awenda what’s your evidence?
@@Shady36 He specifically says it's not soil, it's coconut husk, when she calls it soil.
An intelligent man who saw a need in his community and acted on it! The world in a good place if there continues to be people like Troy 💚
Well lets all appreciate, that she tried her best to shed light on an awesome topic.
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Her "best" wasn't very good, though.
nurse here. when I talk to most other nurses about food nutrition they look at me like I have 3 arms. this guy speaks everything I talk of. "meds are bandaids". "everyone's micronutrition is off". great guy, keep spreading the good work.
This is a perfect example for what infotainment does with an interesting topic that would be worth exploring the details of.
And how it produces an audience of ignorami just educated enough to feel strongly about a topic but too naive to understand that everything has pros and cons.
Just like with most obscure tech, aeroponics s cool but it's highly situational, and people who watch infotainment without using their brains will overlook that every time.
@@rockspoon6528 You are wise.
In this case, I’m going with bimbotainment. Her voice and presentation are horrible. And that dress is for a night out or a wedding, not an interview.
This way of growing food makes far more sense than how it's normally done. And it would be an excellent idea if more homes had these growing towers.
The beauty of this is that we can have these farms in our cities so that the transportation cost is cheaper as well. Almost half of our vegetable prices consists of high transportation costs for bringing these from rural areas into urban areas.
Yes and in suburban places or on the country side we could have perma culture gardens to provide living space for animals and grow food
You likely don't make food cheaper by growing it in the cities. Expensive land costs.
@@miyabe_k195 th-cam.com/video/Z0z1G6sgtQ4/w-d-xo.html
Dense cities are inherently unsustainable. It's idiotic to put a band-aid on someone's amputated limb.
@@miyabe_k195 Not all environments are suitable for farming, let alone being able to produce year round by controlling temperature and light cycles.
Troy: "I am a Pharmacist"
Reporter: " Troy is a Pharmacist"
Hahah she was pretty useless. I think he could have just talked to the camera.
yeah shes quite the lump of coal.
I stopped watching exactly at this point because of this, combined with her previously useless narration of describing that it is a bunch of veggies growing on towers, while showing us the video where we can deduce that ourselves.
She is typical youtube trash journalism.
We are the Borg lol 😀😀
I appreciate that They found someone who clearly had never visited a farm or garden before. Her genuine surprise and interest was fun to watch.
Indeed, it was like she had never been out of the house.
Totally, like she didn't even read about it bofore getting there
Stable and dependable electricity supply is paramount for these. One power outage from a thunderstorm caused me to loose all my plants.
I also lost all my plants due to a pump failure while I was asleep. If a pump failure happens while you are asleep couple of hours will kill your plants. Some sort of alarm system is needed to alert you to a problem with the water cycling.
You better have a backup pump for each tower.
White towers let enough light in to let algae to grow
I painted mine black to end this algae growth problem.
troy: im a licensed pharmacist
interviewer: troy is a licensed pharmacist
me: troy is a licensed pharmacist?
It's true.
@@5minuteswiththefarmacist548 I think what keno castro meant was that the interviewer was just unnecessarily repeating what you said.
Yes, my sarcasm didn’t translate well via text.
@@5minuteswiththefarmacist548 hahaha
I think Troy might be a licensed pharmacist but I'm not sure...
"It's so crazy how what you put in your body affects everything..." - Why does it amaze people that what you put in your body affects you?
Apparently even our president doesn't even understand this fact. Lysol injections.. my god lol
Not people, just the interviewer
@@michaelsotomayor5001 only he *never* said that.
He was trolling birx (or whatever she's called)
Lot of vaccines have "detergent"like chemicals in, think he was making subtle points about the f'd up profit driven big pharma industry.
It's a worldwide filter called windbag test (Me, 2021)
I'd like to see this turned into a documentary where details about the financial aspects and details about the nutrition solution are explored. This is Space Age agriculture. I can see obvious advantages but would like to see the scale up cost in the documentary. Thank you for the video.
add a fish pond below ... the fish feed on algae ... they poop in the water ... the water feeds the plants the plants clean the water ... and back to the fish it goes ... there you now have your garden and a fish pond with dinner growing in it along with your garden ... heck add a worm bed compost fish feeder and now you also grow worms to feed the fish and break down your garden trash again putting nutrients back into the water ... and so on ... as for cost ... how much does it cost for a 12 inch diameter section of drain pipe and say 16 feet of 2inch abs ... and some adhesive ... and tubing and a pump ... and of course a room with good light you can put it ... and a tub for the fish ... and now you have a fish feeding pond and garden that also supplies your meat and fresh veg as needed ...
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aquaponics ... is where you combine the garden and the fish huggle culture is where you close the loop even further by including the bits needed to compost down the waste materials back into useful nutrients for the system ... from adding may fly larva to worms to ducks and chickens ... etc ... you can make a complete self supporting garden that will supply meat veg and even eggs in small scale ... or if made into a major deal can provide cow feed and increase garden production by a HUGE amount ...
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all in all for basic system you can build it for under $1,000 bucks .... and use it for years ... so how many veg would it have to produce to pay for itself ... if you grew 120 plants of iceberg lettuce and each head cost 2bucks at the store ... then 500 plants or 5 grow sessions of lettuce would pay for the complete setup ... every plant after that is FREE except for the time to tend them ...
@@0623kaboom men, a 4 towers hidroponic sistem, can be as expensive as 500 bucks... and with a high of 1.80 mts tall, you can easily put about 12 to 24 plant set EACH, and the only real expensive thing would be liquid nutrients.
But about the other things you put... are basically unviable, at least the worm bed
Plenty plans to build a giant vertical farm near every major city
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Enjoyed. The host did a great job explaining too.
Thank you! We think she did a good job too.
Every house needs a greenhouse like this one. It brings Local Shopping to a whole new level!
I'm not sure every house, has the space or money to do this
@@bryan0x05 Notice, that I did not say 'should have'. I said 'needs'.
I actually find this creative and sustainable just basing it on the fact that its using less land and less water (which is quite the need of the hour) and even then producing good quality vegetables. and even if some people might consider it 'unsustainable' it at least is an effort towards being better!
You throw around "sustainable" like you have the slightest fucking idea what the word means.
Firstly, land is the most sustainable resource on the planet... it IS the planet! There is farmland that's been used for thousands of years- good luck in ten years finding a single piece of PVC in an aeroponics garden that's survived the decade. Oh, did I mention that it's literally growing plants in plastic? You know, plastic from CRUDE OIL? So sustainable.
"Less water"- do you even know what "water" is? You seem to be under the unfathomably ignorant delusion that irrigation water comes from Dasani bottles. The truth is that 46% of produce sold (by cost) didn't require any irrigation at all- it was watered only by the most sustainable source of water- rain. The remaining 54% was watered mostly through the same rain but with additions of only slightly filtered water or through flood irrigation, where rainwater flows through canals to the farmland- no trucking, no pumping, no gas- wholly sustainable.
This shit? You use petrochemicals to make the freaking tubes, petrochemicals to fuel the pumps, petrochemicals TO LITERALLY BE THE BUILDING. The only thing less sustainable would be to GROW CROPS IN LITERAL OIL.
Every sizeable (and that could be as small as thousands of people) community could have a bunch of these indoor vertical farms for their year-round local food supply needs.
Why is this not everywhere? Fake hold ups. Yes. Not because we can't technically do this. Not because it isn't efficient. Sure there are some complications to sort out, but that can be done. The hold up is we are trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. The round hole is the infinite growth, profit maximizing monetary-market system that the world uses currently as an 'economy' with the square peg that is: Environmental and mental health and sustainability. That's what we want, but we can't get there in the wrong sort of economy.
But we can change. It won't be easy. But it's possible. Dare I say, inspiring, if you know where to look. Look at all the systems we could be using: Circular Economy, Open-Access Economy or Natural Law Resource Based Economy. Never heard of them? Not surprised. The super rich ownership class don't exactly wanting people to know about it. However, that shouldn't stop you.
Plenty plans to build a giant vertical farm near every major city
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@@coolioso808 The WEF has talked quite a bit about a Circular Economy and those people are the super rich ownership class you are referring to.
@@chazaqs9109 The WEF folks can talk about whatever they want to talk about, and they have talked about a lot of things, but what's your point? Forget them, they aren't going to control your life and mind unless you let them over fear and paranoia.
What I'm talking about is system thinking. The system we have now of monetary-market capitalism is socially, economically and environmentally unsustainable. It already has a tiny minority of super rich owners. In the capitalist game, they have already won that game of Monopoly. And the system will run off course and take most of humanity down with it if we don't talk about what really matters: System change.
Start local. The WEF aren't in your local town are they? So, read as much as you can and learn as much as you can about systems, science and Natural Law. If the '-isms' are distracting you, don't let them. Keep looking at the facts and figures until you understand the root problem and then you can work on viable solutions, such as building up local self-sustainable communities with co-ops that people choose to engage in and benefit from by creating abundance of basic needs for all who want it. That's a practical, possible solution. Worrying about the WEF is not.
This should teach everyone. Before you do an interview, you have to educate yourself about the interviewee and the topic so you can gather substantial data. Finding a nice feature entry isn't enough!!!!
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Ohhh he is a genius! I love smart people! They make the world better!!^^^
Ok, now for the burning question: Where are the nutrients coming from, to make the nutrient dense solution (both macro and micro)?
Soylent green.
The fertilizer
From the solution in the water.
Probably water soluble synthetic fertilizer
Probably have fish tanks in the back and they recycle the water.
Could've done more with some intellectual questions and less "oMg tHiS iS sOo prEttY"
🙄 so useful comment 😅 🤍
@@lookup5610 I like that ! Thank you 💗
Is it a Jewish song ?
@Mahder Aklilu ok thank you !
🤣🤣🤣👍😎💞
God bless her she was funny
Every neighborhood should have a farm like this.
No, no they shouldn't.
amazing new green production
Bruh, she has no idea what's going on. Instead of asking anything important, she focuses on how good it looks
That's all a woman ever focuses on,how it looks..lol
King
Most, not all. Sweeping generalizations are usually not constructive.
@@philipking8475 that's what she said!
It's the most realistic tbh.
"it's getting all these nutrient.......... substances" made me want to blow my brains out lol
when i discovered a few years ago that plants dont need soil when they get the nutrients through the water i was completley blown away
Where do you think the nutrients come from... this is like claiming the dictionary is a novel thing because it has the most unique words in it of any book.
@@rockspoon6528 chill man he’s just being honest. There’s nothing wrong with not knowing something
@@samshaw1443 You've completely missed the point.
@@rockspoon6528 can you explain?
@@samshaw1443 The conclusion that "plants don't need soil" is only valid if you don't bother to take into account where the nutrient slurries come from which are used in aeroponics, where the water comes from that's used, where the electricity comes from that pumps the water... aeroponics uses MORE soil than any other growing method, and also more fossil fuels.
Also, there isn't "nothing wrong with not knowing something", that's a platitude. There's a lot wrong with not knowing certain things, and even more with failing to make the most blatantly obvious connections when presented with all the necessary information.
best of 3 in one! 90% less land, 90% more food and healthier food. true engineer of farming right here! thank you for sharing.
10000% more electricity
@@user-tp4fr4ij1p We can generate clean power easier than we can make more land.
This video is super informative! Love how you broke everything down so clearly. 👏
I love him. He teach me a lot. I was trying to use coconut husk for my plant and he just did it. Thanks a lot.
This man has such a huge variety of growth here that I would love to visit this place someday to try it!
These sorts of vertical farms are invaluable for reducing the field space required for plants that perform well in hydroponic and aquaponic setups and freeing up space for crops that do not do well in or can not be grown in hydroponic environments.
Bill gates approves
@@nephilimshammer9567 you will own nothing and you will be happy. :^)
this can also stop deforestation for farm land.
@@thekingpin7193 True as well or allow farms to produce tree crops with net carbon negative impacts.
Destiny Identification direction
We have no grocery store in my county near me. There's a rec area at a nice Lake. Lots of people come here, and live here. Finally last year we got a general dollar! They call it a grocery store!!! It's all packaged crap and hydrogenated oils in there ice cream. I really choose to do this to help my community’
When you look at the embodied energy of any product, one of, if not the largest component is the energy to transport the item to your door. If these farms popped up locally, and cold be competitive on price, this would be good for people's health and for the environment.
"O my God, it can grow with just this amount of soil!" The man literally mentioned that it was made out of coconut husk ...
A tikthot
soil is mad from the breakdown of biological materials... she's technically not wrong. The coconut husk will eventually break down and become soil.
Not the brightest button in the box!
@@boysteacher3818 you are considered dead since, albeit you are alive now, you will one day die.. see the ridiculousness of your statement
What the hell, "there's no dirt flavor". She doesn't wash her vegetables.
gotta get that B12😤😤😤
Christopher Smith she has no idea what she’s talking about 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's why it's organic lol.
this video is publicity for fools marketing only :), I know the flavour from my grandmother garden and the flavor of this kind of products. There are man laboratory studies to put us in guard. Open your eyes people.
@@marianciprian6000 wow
his is exactly the kind of peaceful farm life I dream about! The moment at 8:32 with the sunrise over the field was breathtaking
I'm just glad he didn't start waving shiny keys in her face.
i dont get it?
@Loop Person She looks like a total stoner.
When you hire your journalists from instagram yoga pages lol.
😆
Lol
😀😀😀 my thoughts
True
so annoying and seems to not care about the topic at all. clearly not listening
I'm all of a sudden excited about living my life, and it's in middle of quarantine. So I guess this must be fun!
Thanks for sharing this
This is suited to the small space garden or farming, it should be practicing by other farmer in order for them to produce a lot of vegetables. This is one of the best practice road in the sustainable ways🤗🤗
I love what this pharmacist says about the Medical/Drug Industry. He's so right.
Yep!!
The problem is that he's turned from one scam to another...
I SO wanna do this. In a tiny apartment, would LOVE to be able to go out and pick something fresh for meals on a regular basis
I have an Aerogarden at home that works quite well, but can get pricey ☹ Google vertical hydroponic systems. Found one on Alibaba for $161-170. The hard part is the nutrients.
Do It!
Then share with your friends family and apartment mates!
Spread the Love! 💚
I wish we had a balcony... We have a doorstep, and the blessing of a corner outside that normally would have had a bush but ours didn't for some reason. We've got stuff in there already for gardening, thanks to my Mom sending us raised garden beds. One is my hubby's, one is mine, (to choose what to grow in it. Both were actually for him. Oops 😅)
So I wouldn't have anywhere to put anything else right now. And the nutrients would be a problem... 😟 as much as I'd love to share, our neighbors aren't particularly friendly 😑 so what room we have is already taken, and I kinda want to get my family sustainable before trying to spread it out 🤷♀️
This girl had no idea what she was stepping into.... it would’ve been nice if you would’ve done a bit of research before hand 🤦♂️
why ?
To know what questions to ask
Please make her voice go away.
Or they could have sent someone who had experience with farming or even gardening.
She sounds ignorant
Great farm, it just blows my mind
Thank you! We enjoy sharing what we do.
I really like the idea of indoor and vertical farming. I think it would be useful for Canadian farms. We have a pretty short growing season so we wouldn’t have to rely on foreign markets so much. Thinks like vegetables, fruit, and berries are expensive the farther north you go and it’s not unusual to see mould in berries by the time they get up to where I live. It’s September 10th and we’re getting frost warnings at night but the afternoons are unbearably hot. So it would be nice if farms around where I live used indoor farming over the winter to plant crops we normally have to import. It would cut down drastically on the amount of nonrenewable resources used to get us just a few strawberries. There are places in the territories you only get in by flying, places that pay $5 for a head of lettuce, they really need access to this sort of thing. I know at least one community created a year round green house but I wish it was more common. Places with droughts, short growing seasons, or a lot of people to feed but not a lot of land could really use this kind of system. I hope governments pay closer attention to these sort of solutions and alternatives and see if that’s something they can encourage or work with bring to their own communities
Love how this guy make you think you can't grow anything without his product. He knows there's a range from skeptics to sheep.
What are you talking about?
He literally showed everything you need to remake what he did.
It's so easy
This is like when you leave it to the last moment to write your essay
I wish I could experience the peacefulness of your farm in person
We are located in Mesa, AZ if you are ever in the area
“Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food...”
Soil does alot more than just hold a plant and water. Trace elements, fungal trading networks, complex protein chains. Plants also communicate through the humus so these plants are effectively in solitary confinement.
For plants with shallow root systems, This is ideal.
@@canisamator7937 "Ideal" is a hell of a stretch.
I actually like the interviewer. I just started learning to garden, and plant. It is such a learning curve, so I can’t blame her for not being super knowledgeable
I'm watching this video from my country in Papua New Guinea, it's the biggest Island in the Pacific Region. I bought a rundown farm and I'm doing little farming. I'm interested in this kind of farming Vertical Farming, we have alot of coconut in our country that's why I want to do vertical farming. Please may you send me a toturiel video of how you build your farm, where to get the materials for the farm, and roughly give how much it will cost me to built my farm. Thank you so much for sharing this video
This is such an amazing idea , probably the best way to grow our vegetables
It isn't. Use your head to figure out why.
"Dirt flavor...?" What parts have you been eating?
The roots i guess 😂
@@xavierdunn7087 BURN 😂
Perhaps you are too young to ever experience eating leafy greens and biting on some dirt.
Actually salad that's been grown in soil tastes different from salad that's been grown in water, and if your palette is fine enough you can even know the different types of soil the salad was grown in... I personally hate the taste of hydroponic salad and actually get stomach aches from it
@@joannot6706 na just rinse our veges and such
i working on my module on vertical farming this video has lot of information what i needed thanks for the informative video!!
Love the way you explain sustainable farming at [5:32]. Super informative and easy to follow!
"Completely fresh" * looks at B roll of literal plants growing * No friggin way!? Wow very insightful.
Your voice makes me want to tear my eyes out.
This feels a little like an ad and that makes me skeptical of everything
It’s not just the reporter didn’t report and was more just interested in the subject aka horrible reporter 😂
B_ SIDE I fuck wit wu tang as well but I don’t think it’s an ad 😂
It makes you skeptical because the reporter failed at being skeptical due to not knowing a damn thing about the subject matter. So she did the only thing she could resort to, and make it look like some sort of ad. Easy.
it was an ad. Literally everything on all mainstream media is advertising and/or propaganda.
You're right, there's a bit too much of "oh gosh, that's crazy" to it. But it's not as if it was difficult to do my own research - ecosia, wikipedia, or: try it out for yourself.
Without weeds and insects, I wonder how these plants deal with fungal pests. And: since there's no dirt at all, the nutrient solution would have to contain dozens of different minerals.
I love this for Jamaica
God bless this Man & his family. This is phenomenal !!!
Also, you left a question I answered. "You can feed 100 families for a week for how long off of the entire room of plants" ?🌱🌱
I went here several years ago after i bought my tower garden. They made a salad for us and it’s amazing tasting.
Lauren Ellerbeck I bought this garbage from Whole Foods last night. It’s going in the trash once I find my receipt or either I’m taking it back for real lettuce. It’s rubbery, it’s not Gods lettuce, it’s 🤢
This isn't new. My dad was growing tomatoes in his greenhouse hydroponically in the 70's.
this is aeroponics though...it's slightly different.
And in coconut shells without any dirt? Doubt it.
@@Vixinaful no just different product back then. So...
Hell the Aztecs were doing this
@Cosmonauteable just going by what the guy in the video said. I don't know anything about farming or truly care haha
And…when we look at the modern state of this effort, we find these businesses failing in droves. But this was a wonderfully breathless piece!
I'd be curious to see the nutrient content of these plants as compared to say an "organic", no-till crop
The taste would not be comparable. Veggies grown in soil taste far superior.
They would be less nutritious than organic ones. You need the soil for its biome of microorganisms. These microorganisms break down minerals into forms that the plant can uptake. Since organic plants have access to more nutrients they will in turn be more nutritious. They taste much better too.
@@bear532 Your actually wrong on that, NASA has done tons of research on aeroponics and have proven that high pressure aeroponics growing systems produce more nutrient dense plants with better flavor than even permaculture can, using a fraction of the water and space needed in soil based farming. You also need to realize that the origin of a molecule does not effect it's safety profile as nitrogen is nitrogen no matter the source.
@@bear532 But you spray the plants in vertical farms with the minerals already broken down into forms the plant can uptake. So, no need for soil microbes.
man i wish my family and i had nutritious food. this innovation could be such a life saver if it was used all over the world.
Would love to know the operating cost of this setup.
Your health improvement.
Michael Sotomayor not in a negative way u dope
@@michaelsotomayor5001 dope
the z00t my family has a home setup in a greenhouse in our backyard. The greenhouse and our own made system all costs around $1000-$1500 and is pretty cheap to run. Just need to run the pump. If you would like to see it we have a channel called 2g Hydroponics
@@michaelsotomayor5001 Plants grow up in nature with the soil, the minerals that are in it and so on. I know the US had a problem with the lack of iodine in the soil, lead to lesser amount of iodine in the plants, which lead to less iodine in people and caused sickness(the US added iodine to salt to help remedy this).
To grow a plant like this must make it devoid of such things
I had a great time watching this video. It was fantastic!
Thank you!
Why does she talk like a toddler?
“Ya it’s weird cuz like that’s not a lot of soil, cuz like normally it’s like miles and miles of soil, ya”
I can't stand her way of talking she sounds like she's 15, vocal fry ugh!
A great example of the great american education system.
she's enough to turn you off of the human race
@Rebecca Conn ya ok
@Rebecca Conn whats a widdle?
The best possible use I can imagine for this in the future is space colony farms
but gravity don't work in space.
@@jakinluk2513 Rotating habitats
The best possible use for this will be to replace most agricultural farming as the need for high amounts of greens in larger and larger cities becomes more important
She clearly doesnt understand what is goind on
I Jalependejo liked this lady’s voice she is a good interviewer
Thank you. We enjoyed our time together and are so pleased with the results.
He’s such a wise man I hope these are the fresh markets of the future- no chemicals. !
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I did not see any fruits or vegetables only plants with leafs.
Most Fruiting plants are too large for the design intent on those towers. There don't appear to be any points to tie up or support heavy fruits and the planting nodes are too close together. Larger plants would over compete with one another and cause an efficiency loss.
I work for another hydroponic business that is growing and beginning to prototype vertical gardens. You are helping me think :)
@@brittocallaghan alright.
Those leaves are vegetables.
Some fruit plants come from trees, which require quite a lot more of work, nutrients, and some are weak to environment (which is why fruit exportation is expensive). The leafy greens are vegetables tho, and their requirements are idoneous for this system to work.
@@janek49 i know but only lettuce or plants like stevia or mint.
I wish I had the land to have heaps of these. How amazing to have a huge greenhouse. No more stupid slugs and snails etc eating my salads etc
That girl be like, "OMG you can literally grow plants without soil, like literally"
🤣🤣🤣
That's a genius solution. Why this is still a niche?! So clean, nutritious and scalable 💚🌱
It's not niche in Singapore, but in the West most people will buy produce from grocers. Kroger's is already doing it in Washington and Oregan.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-12/vertical-farms-are-coming-to-u-s-grocery-stores
The price for those towers is ridiculous. Smallest tower pricing around 600$, plus you need nutrients, plus it consumes some electricity to run the water flow. So after all its not as great as it sounds.
@@GSazheniuk That’s only for the towers like this. Check out the link I sent in the chat. All that needs is a connection to the same refrigerator that everything else is connected to.
It's not fucking scalable, how gullible are you....
"the vegetables we saw at true garden were just growing, right there."
Thank you for this amazing insight 😐. Good lord could they have picked a worse person to report on this.
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I thought the same thing. She sounds snotty talking to him too
You are so right. Just horrible.
Ya, totally ruined an otherwise great concept. Really unfortunate and very annoying to watch.
Blonde vibe
You really know your stuff, especially the points made at 3:40
The methods of this vertical growing are quite interesting.. especially for edible greens.
i've been looking at a hydroponic system for my home, i've been thinking about using a nice compost tea for fertilizer.
This is nice as an example of one way to farm. But it isn't necessarily the only or best way. Yes there are bugs and weeds and poor soil quality. But there are ways to deal with these issues in an eco friendly way. And not everyone has money to buy a hydroponic system but most people have a backyard or can buy a pot and put soil in it. Gardening can be a simple or complicated , messy or sterile as you want to make it. I prefer putting a seed in the ground and watching something wonderful grow. And yes, some bug may munch on it, but it might not. More times than not I get a beautiful bunch of plants that produce more than enough for me and I can share with friends and family. Put a seed in some soil , water it and see what happens. It'll change your life.
Bug lives matter
@@alterego157 😊🐞
On industrial scale this far outweighs the alternative conventional farming method. I think thats the point of the video. Hobby farms are excellent and I wish everyone could have one but its not where most people get their produce.
@@idontgotnothin True.
Most beautiful thing about your comment was that you choose to call soil as soil. I mean a lot of people call it dirt. People need to understand that soil is fundamental wealth of a nation. The quality of soil decides the starting phases of development of a nation. We have lost essential microbes from top layer of soil because of various reasons (excessive uses of fertiliser/salt and pesticides). Good thing we understand it now, and we should work to revert it back. I spoonful soil is home to a thousand species of bacteria. They are part of ecosystem. Their amount in soil decided how rich your soil will be. This is the real wealth of a nation. Again soil is not dirt dear host. You and me all are pop out of this earth and will become soil one day.
Wow... !!! My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Awesome... Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!
3:57
girl: now i know what my bouquet is gonna be for my wedding~~
me: ughh
Lol i felt that ughh 😂😂😂😂
Some people are so awkward lol
the problem I have with this idea is there is a lack of microbiology that is traditionally associated with farming. When you grow biologically an in harmony with nature, you get more nutrients in your food because that soil is more alive. the problem with American AG is the lack of traditional understanding of the way the land should be worked. The best way has always been bio-mimicry. Don't get me wrong because this is innovative, but its moving away from what our planet really needs. If we moved to mars, this would be an option, but we still have land that needs to be worked with aging farmers who have no one to take over their farms because all the children have moved out to the city to get a "regular job". If anyone reads this comment, and understands what I am saying, go read the book "Folks, this ain't normal" by Joel Salatin to gain some perspective from one of the leading biological farmers in north America.
www.profolus.com/topics/vertical-farming-advantages-and-disadvantages/
Thanks Nick. Also, living soils absorb CO2 and have the capacity to reverse global warming. There's a guy running for President who's Climate Plan supports regenerative styles of agriculture - maybe you already know of him? Andrew Yang, #Yang2020.com/policies
i agree, however I do see this an interesting option for urban gardening.
micro biology doesnt add anything extra to ur plant thn what bottled nutrients have. the microbes and fungal bacteria just work hand in hand with ur roots to provide them nutrients from the soil. the bottled nutrients r just artificial making this a non organic grow but work just the same. with hydro you will get better plant growth as the roots are getting more oxygen and organic soil will ultimately have better taste as it is getting natural nutrients and not bottled.
We are running out of places to grow things and I do think that the future is going to be a combination of traditional farming and this style of farming but it really doesn't look like she did her research here. The myth that "old food" or non organic food has "up to 90% less nutrients" is just that a myth. in fact it has been debunked numerous times. Yes all food including organic food is sprayed with pesticides and that is the reason that if you care about things you need to look at each farm, each crop and each country differently because organic is not the safest alternative across the board. There is also the issue here that the whole system that this is growing in is plastic and there are likely micro particles and PCB's that are being leached off into the water and concentrated in the plants. The same thing happens with conventional farming but nowhere near as much because the plants are not 100% surrounded by plastic that is being hit by sunlight and deteriorated. And as these companies last longer and longer they will try to stretch the use of the equipment longer and longer to increase the profit margins and that will lead to higher and higher concentrations of these chemicals. Has anyone ever done tests about the bio accumulation of plastics and the chemicals they leach? I haven't done a serious search for it but I was not able to easily find information about it.
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Leafy greens and some very light fruits and veggies - like berries can be be grown like this. What about produce like watermelons, coconuts, even potatoes (which grow underground)... ?
Yes to watermelon, cantaloupe & strawberries. Coconut's grow on trees, so no and you cannot grow root vegetables.
you could even cut costs of transport by having more farms spread out. This could also be placed on top of buildings etc or combined with solar pannels
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“And just using the law of physics”
Girl: ya
“What goes up, comes down right?”
Girl: ya...
I'm shocked she didn't say " like oh my god there's like almost no water".
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Bruh, this cookie cutter chic is played out already, huh.. like OMG Becky, like seriously, there's frickin no water? Like OMG, it's like magic, it's like... Do they make any other kind of chic, 🤣🤣🤣
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@@haizi7179 th-cam.com/video/Z0z1G6sgtQ4/w-d-xo.html
I have used these towers for cannabis not for food ,I have seen different foods being grown on them,and honestly they take less space and produce more than normal growing methods
Do you accelerate plant growth by pumping "the pollutant" C02 in?
“Let thy food be thy medicine.” - Hippocrates
How this plastic food can be medicine?
@@mp3hipnozy Plants grow from air.
Plastic impacts the plant less than a metal pipe would.
The plastic in those tubes has a much lower degradation rate than agricultural grade plastics. Make no mistake though, as this becomes more popular you're going to see a "merchants of doubt" style backlash from the agrochemical industry.
This is great , no pesticides and soils that's now days has become garbage. Totally awesome work in the tower of power plants 👍🏻
@@MartinMenge You can easily consume plastic bags.
Probably the worst journalist/presenter to do this.
te la quieres comer es la huevada
Whatever
I disagree - I think she represents the general population a lot better than someone who is very knowledgeable and academic, and as such has a better chance of reaching the general population.
@@ShadawGaming Yeah, she is just the average idiot full of preconceptions as we all are deep within. That's why she is annoying.
yeah she didn’t seem very informed on the topic going in. also she just threw random/repeated information in there
My mind is BLOWN!!! This is AWESOME