Vertical farming and Microgreens 🔗

For the last few years, I’ve been following vertical farming and the latest (related) craze of microgreens. Seems that a lot of people are interested in the healthful benefits of eating “right” and it’s effects of strengthening the body against Covid-19. This is another potential income stream I could develop and have Aki-chan manage with the boys.

Below is all the video research I’ve found of interest to share in my blog.

THIS IS HOW MY FARM WORKS! - $100K on a quarter acre * Video (19 minutes) 🔗

About Urban Farmer Curtis Stone:
Curtis Stone runs a commercial urban farm called Green City Acres out of Kelowna, BC, Canada. His mission is to show others how they can grow a lot of food on small plots of land and make a living from it. Using DIY and simple infrastructure, one can earn a significant living from their own backyard or someone else’s.

$10,000 a month growing microgreens in a basement! * Video (13 minutes) 🔗

Microgreens Automated Watering System * Video (8 minutes) 🔗

The High-Tech Vertical Farmer * Video (8 minutes) 🔗

In the kale-filled facility at vertical farm startup Bowery Farming, it’s a piece of proprietary software that makes most of the critical decisions – like when to harvest and how much to water each plant. But it still takes humans to carry out many tasks around the farm. Katie Morich, 25, loves the work. But as roboticists make gains, will her employer need her forever? This is the fourth episode of Next Jobs, a series about careers of the future hosted by Bloomberg Technology’s Aki Ito.

5 Vertical Farms Run by AI and Robots * Video (8 minutes) 🔗

One of the oldest and most fundamental professions in the world is agriculture and farming and looking back, humanity has come a long way over the millennia in how we farm and grow crops with the evolution of various technologies. Over time, as the world population continues to grow and land becomes more scarce, people have realized the need to get creative and become more efficient in farming.
With the population of the world being the largest it has ever been, the responsibility to feed this ever-growing population is getting harder and harder which is why experts think that vertical farming is the future.
Vertical farms are indoors and can be placed anywhere, making them crucial in a time where farmable land is on decline.

Next Gen Farming Without Soil and 90% Less Water * Video (8 minutes) 🔗

Vertical farming with Tower Gardens is on the ‘rise’ and rightfully so. You can grow a variety of plants without ANY soil and 90% LESS water. It also requires 10x less space so you can do a lot more in a smaller area. That means easily growing fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables, and flowers both indoors and out. And because everything is grown and picked fresh, the flavor is unbelievable! No need for soil. True Garden employs coconut husks instead of soil in water towers.

Japanese super sprout factory * Video (2 minutes) 🔗

Super Sprout Factory
https://www.murakamifarm.com/

Japan’s Future Farms * Video (5 minutes) 🔗

By 2050, the world will need to feed an additional 2.5 billion people living in cities. Yet as the demand for food rises, the amount of land available for agriculture in developed countries is expected to decline.

Tokyo office grows own food in vertical farm * Video (10 minutes) 🔗

In a country with very little arable land (only 12% compared with 20% in the US), in one of the most populated cities in the world, one company chose to give up 43,000 square feet of valuable workspace to grow food. In the Tokyo headquarters of human resources company Pasona Group they grow 200 species of fruits and vegetables and even rice that are harvested and served to employees.

The indoor urban farm doesn’t just provide food, but by mixing workspace and farm space, the company tries to provide a healthier quality of life for employees. Here green isn’t just a window dressing: immediately upon entering the building you walk over a 1,000-square-foot rice paddy, continue through an okra field and you enter the vine-covered “tomato guest room” or the “vegetable factory” filled with hundreds of hydroponic heads of lettuce. On the second floor, fruit trees form partition walls between meeting spaces, bean sprouts are grown under benches and herbs grow on shelving along the walls.

Even the outside of the building is covered in plants helping keep the building cool in summer and warmer in winter. According to the farm’s designers Kono Designs, “it is the largest and most direct farm-to-table of its kind ever realized inside an office building in Japan.”

How Vertical Farming Works * Video (6 minutes) 🔗

Shedding the restrictions of seasonal weather patterns, overcoming transportation challenges and enhancing yields, vertical farming could be the future of food production.

How to Grow Microgreens from Start to Finish (COMPLETE GUIDE) * Video (42 minutes) 🔗

This is the most comprehensive guide on how to grow microgreens I have ever produced. Follow along as I take you from seed selection and planting ALL the way through the growing process, including some tips on how to harvest, store, and use microgreens in your kitchen.

Technologies and farming 🔗

Solar Panels Plus Farming? Agrivoltaics Explained * Video (13 minutes) 🔗

Solar panels plus farming? Agrivoltaics explained. Could combining solar panels plus farming be a viable solution to the growing demand for food production and energy demand? Let’s take a closer look at electrifying our crops (not literally electrifying crops) … well, adding solar to our farm land as well as some of the side benefits and challenges it creates.