These smart farms are 100 times more productive than traditional agriculture

Without a significant infusion of capital, vertical farms won't be cropping up in every city anytime soon. They're expensive both to get up and running and to operate, with high energy costs in order to power thousands of LED lights and sophisticated ventilation systems.

Greenhouse agriculture is a proven solution to sustainable, local, and climate-resilient food production, Source.ag claimed. Today almost half (46%) of our global habitable land is used for agriculture, according to the company. Greenhouse agriculture, however, produces up to 15 times higher yields without the need for arable land. Greenhouse grown... See more

Technically, it’s possible to get crops to absorb nitrogen much more efficiently than they do, if farmers have the technology to monitor their nitrogen levels very carefully and apply fertilizer in just the right amount over the course of a growing season. But that’s an expensive and time-consuming process, and fertilizer is cheap (at least in…

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The dwarf wheat varieties cultivated by Borlaug were a game changer, as they had several key advantages. First, the shorter stalks were less top-heavy and could support more grain kernels on their end without breaking. Second, because they didn’t grow a long stalk, they required fewer nutrients and less sunlight (albeit more water). This is especia

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