Hydroponics Hydroponics refers to the technique of growing plants without soil.[14] In hydroponic systems, the roots of plants are submerged in liquid solutions containing macronutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as trace elements, including … Read More
Building-based Vertical Farms Vertical farm of RusEco in Moscow.[20] Abandoned buildings are often reused for vertical farming, such as a farm at Chicago called “The Plant,” which was transformed from an old meatpacking plant.[21] However, new builds are sometimes also … Read More
Up to 20 units of outdoor farmland per unit of vertical farming could return to its natural state, due to vertical farming’s increased productivity.[56][57] Vertical farming would reduce the amount of farmland, thus saving many natural resources.[33] Deforestation and desertification … Read More
Crops grown in traditional outdoor farming depend on supportive weather and suffer from undesirable temperatures rain, monsoon, hailstorm, tornado, flooding, wildfires, and drought.[50] “Three recent floods (in 1993, 2007 and 2008) cost the United States billions of dollars in lost … Read More