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Plenty has designed a new AI-controlled modular grow system for multiple crops; they are opening a farm in Chesterfield, Virginia that will grow more than 4 million pounds of strawberries each year. The farm uses 97% less land and 97% less water than traditional farming. [48]
The idea was creating growing systems for fresh, sustainable, and scalable food sources for people around the world using modular vertical greenhouse technology. Current CEO, Eddy Badrina was introduced in 2019 and has helped stabilize the company, as well as shifting the company's focus towards marketing their technology to growers. [3]
As the crops are rich in protein, carbohydrate, omega-3s, fatty-acids, and vitamin B12, Mr Haflidason believes growing microalgae this way, could help tackle global food insecurity.
A 2020 U.S. survey found that typical indoor agriculture crops, per pound of crop yield, consumed between US$0.47 (for leafy greens) and US$1.38 (for microgreens) in inputs (especially seed, growing media, and nutrients) -- though tomatoes were reported at US$0.06 inputs per pound. Labor costs for container farms were reported at US$2.35 per pound.
These automated growing systems are relatively foolproof, with pre-planted “seed pods,” auto-timed lights, even smartphone apps. High-tech growing systems bring joy of gardening indoors Skip ...
LB Porteus Farms recently installed a Lely’s Robotic Vector feeding system. About 15 farms in the U.S. are using the system currently. The goal is to decrease labor and increase efficiency when ...