Any type of construction and support structure for growing plants in an upwards-directed, vertical style is referred to as a vertical garden. This effectively and efficiently utilizes the available space for producing food or other types of plants.
A vertical farm, which is an airtight room, shipping container, or other structure where vegetables are grown under electric lights, is kind of like a greenhouse with bluetooth. Since all of the crops are illuminated artificially, rows of fruit and vegetables are piled vertically rather than in a single layer. Farmers regulate the amount of light, water, and temperature.
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In cities where fresh produce must be transported kilometers before it reaches the consumer’s plate from the countryside, vertical farms are particularly helpful.
Vertical farms may thrive all year long, claims Helen Adams in an article for Sustainability Magazine, because to the potential for modifying environmental factors, such as by using irrigation, it offers households a sustainable supply of food.
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While the world cannot survive entirely on lettuce and strawberries, vertical farms conserve land and yield more crops faster than outside farms. Funding will enable the farms to investigate additional crop possibilities. Vertical farming can only go higher with the increasing human population.
For a variety of reasons, vertical farming is sustainable:
- By stacking rows of in-demand vegetables on top of one another, more food may be grown in less area.
- The crops are cultivated in a controlled environment that is segregated. Outdoor-grown fruit and vegetables are influenced by the weather and their surroundings, while crops in vertical farms can be cultivated all year round without interruption from outside dangers.
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Photo: Lamech Opiyo (LinkedIn) - In addition, crops in traditional farms are devoured by insects and animals, necessitating the disposal of some crops that are damaged. These animals are safeguarded from this in vertical farms. Nothing is wasted because it is possible to measure out nutrients and water precisely.
- Instead of being grown in ideal climes and then brought to their consumers, exotic fruits and vegetables can be cultivated anywhere.
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