A couple different systems are featured here – one for large commercial operations and one for the balcony.
Valcent Products makes the commercial system, noting that “80% of our farmland is in use, 15% of it is damaged due to poor agricultural practices, solution grow upwards, indoors! The High Density Vertical Growth (HDVG) system grows plants in closely spaced pockets on clear, vertical panels that are moving on an overhead conveyor system. The system is designed to provide maximum sunlight and precisely correct nutrients to each plant. Vertical growing enables communities to efficiently grow organic foods locally.”
Eliminates 95% of water use, improve energy efficiency & productivity, grow 15-30% more crops, in a year round controlled environment, reduce pest & disease issues & weather impact on crops. Use UV sterilization in water filtration system. Reduce distribution & ecological cost (local grown). Reduce fossil fuel use to plow fields, harvest, store, refrigerate, ship, etc. Farmers can make more money from increased productivity, save costs & increase yields. 1 indoor acre = 6 outdoor acres.
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Then there’s the Phytopod for home operations, where you can grow 20 square feet of a garden in 4 sq ft of space:
Hey Rady, glad you liked the first vid! Will check out the second one! Thanks go to Lulu of Real Food For Real Kids http://www.RFRK.com for sharing this via Facebook! (I need to start my own blog, much overdue!
I’m very interested in that conveyer system … I wonder if it can be operated via solar panels or some other renewable source of energy.
They look like a drycleaner’s conveyer rack! very ingenious
You need to check out EzGro Garden. There HDVG system is designed to grow vegetables and other foods much more efficiently and with greater food value than in agricultural field conditions. The HDVG system demonstrates the following characteristics:
Produces approximately 20 times the normal production volume for field crops
Requires 5% of the normal water requirements for field crops
Can be built on non-arable lands and close to major city markets
Can work in a variety of environments: urban, suburban, countryside, desert etc.
Does not use herbicides or pesticides
Will have very significant operating and capital cost savings over field agriculture
Will drastically reduce transportation costs to market resulting in further savings, higher quality and fresher foods on delivery, and less transportation pollution
Will be easily scalable from small to very large food production situations