Vertical Farming Using Hydroponics and Aeroponics

Urban Soils ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 313-328
Author(s):  
Dickson Despommier
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Farming

Re-visioning public engagement with emerging technology: A digital methods experiment on ‘vertical farming’

2021 ◽  
pp. 096366252199097
Author(s):  
Laurie Waller ◽  
Mascha Gugganig
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Vertical Farming ◽  
Mapping Process ◽  
Digital Methods

This article presents the results of a public engagement experiment on a project trialling ‘vertical farming’, an emerging technology addressing urban food issues. The experiment developed within an issue mapping project, analysing debates about vertical farming on the digital platforms, Twitter and Instagram. The article presents a software tool designed to engage ‘offline’ publics in the issue mapping process, using images collected from Instagram. We describe testing this software tool with visitors to exhibitions of vertical farming in two science and technology museums. Our findings highlight the predominance of commercial publicity about vertical farming on Twitter and Instagram and the organisation of public attention around technological novelty. The article discusses the challenges such publicity dynamics pose to mapping issues on platforms. We suggest some ways digital methods might contribute to public engagement with technologies, like vertical farming, that are a focus of organised commercialised innovation.

scholarly journals Outdoor vertical farming on textile substrates

2021 ◽  
Vol 1031 (1) ◽  
pp. 012020
Author(s):  
L Dirkes ◽  
J D Massanés ◽  
R Böttjer ◽  
J L Storck ◽  
A Ehrmann
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Farming

Wie Vertical Farming den Anbau von Nahrungsmitteln revolutioniert

agrarzeitung ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (30) ◽  
pp. 14-14
Author(s):  
Mareike Scheffer
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Farming

Geringerer Flächenverbrauch, Verzicht auf Pflanzenschutz und kaum Transportkilometer: Die Verheißungen des Vertical Farming sind bereits in den frühen 2020er Jahren groß. Vieles davon wird in den kommenden Jahrzehnten Realität.

Automated Crop Harvesting, Growth Monitoring and Disease Detection System for Vertical Farming Greenhouse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charith Jayasekara ◽  
Sajani Banneka ◽  
Gihan Pasindu ◽  
Yukthi Udawaththa ◽  
Sasini Wellalage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Detection System ◽  
Disease Detection ◽  
Growth Monitoring ◽  
Vertical Farming

scholarly journals Growing-Service Systems: New Business Models for Modular Urban-Vertical Farming

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Martin ◽  
Maria J. Bustamante
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Fresh Produce ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Vertical Farming ◽  
Modular Units ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

To secure sustainable and resilient food systems, new approaches, innovations, techniques, and processes are needed. In recent years, urban farming firms have been developing and experimenting with innovative approaches to expand their offerings and connect with consumers in new ways. New business models are being developed to provide functions and services instead of traditional products to meet demands from consumers, retailers, and users. As such, modular growing systems are increasing in popularity to provide fresh produce, visual appeal, transparency, and other tailor-made functions and services in so-called “growing-service systems” (GSS). Using GSS approaches, firms are developing and providing modular and small-scale farms in restaurants, residential spaces, supermarkets, and other commercial spaces, often including a large degree of automation and optimization of digital solutions to remotely control their operation. Using qualitative methods, the aim of this study is to explore and analyze the development of these novel GSS systems, highlighting different strategies, business models, motivations, and challenges. The results illustrate the divergence in approaches to GSSs for vertical farming. This includes different scales of modular units and varying business models for capturing value from the combination of products and services. All of the systems include varying degrees of automation and digitalized solutions to ensure the services are monitored, which is done to improve growing conditions and improve the experience for the users. Business-to-business systems are being developed as both market expansion and awareness-building strategies, where modular units are provided as a rental or subscription model that includes a number of services. Business-to-consumer systems are being introduced as an alternative for consumers, particularly in urban areas, to have greater control and access over growing their own fresh produce. The modules are purchased by consumers, which includes a number of ongoing services from the GSS firms. By categorizing and exploring these systems, this article offers novel insights and a first endeavor to distinguish these new GSS systems in the growing segment of urban agriculture, controlled-environment agriculture, and product-service system literature.

scholarly journals Plant of Lamiaceae family for cultivation at the vertical hydroponic installation

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
I. T. Balashova ◽  
L. V. Bespalko ◽  
A. V. Molchanova ◽  
E. V. Pinchuk ◽  
N. E. Maschenko
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Monarda Fistulosa ◽  
Vertical Farming ◽  
Content Determination

Relevance. Vertical farming – is a new and advanced direction in greenhouse vegetable cultivation. Expansion biodiversity of plants for vertical farming occur with help of green leafy vegetables. Plants of Lamiaceae family are well known as aromatic and medicinal plants with high content of substances with antioxidant activity. It allows use these plants as a base for the functional nutrition. Leafy parts the plants of Lamiaceae family may be used as aromatic and healthy additions to traditional foods, such as salads, soups and sauces.  Goal of the study: analysis the biochemical composition of leafy parts plants of Lamiaceaefamily, cultivated at the multi circle hydroponic construction. Materials and methods. 1) Plants: Monarda fistulosa L. (the breeding sample №5 U.P.), Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag. (Simka variety), Melissa officinalisL. (Zhemchuzhina variety). 2) secondary metabolites: flavonoid glycoside linarozid and steroid glycoside moldstim. Methods. 1) cultivation of plants Lamiaceae family at the 5 circles hydroponic construction; 2) analytic methods: determination of dry matter content, determination of ascorbic acid content, determination sum of chlorophylls and carotenoids, determination sum of antioxidants; 3) statistical methods. Results. First experiment the cultivation of plants Lamiaceae family at the multi circle hydroponic construction was successful. Location of plants at different circles of hydroponic installation didn’t influence the content of dry matter, ascorbic acid and sum of chlorophylls in leafy parts of plants Monarda fistulosaL. The content of dry matter and sum of antioxidants in leafy parts of Monarda fistulosaL. plants of the first cutting is significantly higher than of other cuttings. So, we can recommend the leaves of Monarda fistulosa L. plants of the first cutting for the healthy additions in the scheme of the functional nutrition. Seed treatment with water solutions of secondary metabolites changed significantly the weight of leaves: it was increased in Monarda citriodoraCerv. ex Lag. and in Melissa officinalisL. 

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