Dutch scientists close to 'breakthrough' method of growing crops in deserts

[@jayjsibilo]

Step aside, have no fear, let the Dutch handle it. 💪🇳🇱⚓❤

[@wenigmehl]

They could have taken the time to actually explain what they're doing different rather than repeating themselves over and over...

[@nareshy670]

its secret.. its business secret..

[@juniornutshell]

First guess would be GMO, but we will wait and see.

[@boogerking7411]

Hydroponics

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

Naresh Y it’s simple hydroponics. You can find lots of videos about it on the internet and many people already do it at home to grow their own food.

[@tazboy1934]

Just like doctors never tell u...just give u med

[@klumaverik]

This is wonderful! They are doing some absolutely amazing work! Good Job Netherlands!

[@maroufsultanzada6964]

bro, there is no water or there is no rain.... that is called desert ... this is too many words and less of a scientific view .. good move anyway... please do not get too much happy.

[@klumaverik]

@@maroufsultanzada6964 is there such a thing as too much happy? 😊

[@jannetteberends8730]

@@klumaverik and now the Dutch are doing an experiment in Bangladesh with 10,000 farmers growing salt resistant crops.

[@klumaverik]

@@jannetteberends8730 🥰🥰🥰

[@HammerheadGuitar]

Why would look like the last place to see a revolution in food? The Netherlands is one of the top countries when it comes to agriculture.

[@ran4187]

dutch are brilliant

[@marn200]

Thank you

[@asmullermuller4]

But Israel is doing it long ago.

[@robvoncken2565]

yes we are and modest

[@stephm5430]

I wish I was apart of that team! To be able to make a huge change to hunger is exciting and life changing

[@Kevin-cw8of]

If I remembered clearly the Chinese have already done this a few years ago and have started growing crops in the western part of China.

[@thegardenoffragileegos1845]

The hunger problem is not a agricultural issue. Even with climate change the world currently produces surplus. It's a distribution problem, built around politics, greed, and genocide.

[@francesgaia4649]

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[@allardfreichmann3733]

So right. Exploitation of the poor by the rich is also nothing new.

[@hanassholesolo5173]

Stephanie Mitchell this is just a Fluff piece if you want to the work of people truly making a difference in Africa look up the green wall

[@shaennayoung810]

This is what we need! Wow. So happy to see scientists trying to tackle famine by getting to the root of the problem not just slapping on bandaid fixes. Thank you!

[@maroufsultanzada6964]

bro, there is no water or there is no rain.... that is called desert ... this is too many words and less of a scientific view .. good move anyway... please do not get too much happy.

[@dustman96]

There is no food shortage, famine is brought on by economic factors. No money, no food.

[@roodborstkalf9664]

In the Netherlands horticulturists are currently producing food products worth many tens of billions of dollars on an area of at most a few hundred square kilometers. The technology is very capital intensive (tens of millions of dollars for a production facility of 10 or 20 hectares) but can in principle be copied anywhere in the world, where there is a little sunslight, a little water and most importantly, were energy costs are not too expensive. When this technology will be rolled out worldwide there will be no foodshortages anymore anywhere. Already with current technology we can easily feed 50 / 100 billion people on earth, so all talk about foodshortages if population will grow above 10 billion people is complete nonsense of people who don't know what they are talking about.

[@tuforu4]

BLAME LEADERS OF POOR COUNTRIES , THEY ARE DUSGUSTING..

[@chrisfryer3118]

Hydro veg n fruit is tasteless. Looks great, all water. I'm a farmer, tried both ways.

[@RobSpartanR16]

Food shortage isn't a problem but you are from the same country as I am and you know employment is definitely a problem. If you increase the population that drastically you increase the amount of people without jobs in the future. Even In the Netherlands we have problems with this. There's only so many jobs to go around..

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Its a two edged sword , its a threat to agricultural based economies of the 3rd world.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

We are already overpopulated, we don't need billions of more people's

[@BLOW_MY_HEAD_OFF]

Hydroponics, Aeroponics... Any Marijuana grower has known this information for decades.

[@timsoel566]

Which is probably why it is a breakthrough in the Netherlands XD

[@yonasgeta8167]

@peter forget space may be the most richest and power full people will escape earth when it ends but enjoy life when u can

[@thegreatnormad3424]

Hahah🤣😂 hiding behind your garage

[@juryov6656]

aeroponics

[@Kiyarose3999]

peter by attempting to build ‘space colonies’ we would need to finish trashing the one we have( and likely the best one for human life within any distance we are ever likely to reach). We have enough land to feed everyone and if we keep feroresting the Earth and reclaiming most of the deserts we will have more than enough space to feed the 9 Billion expected population by 2050. If we don’t reforest the earth quick enough the runaway affects of climate change will cause billions of climate refugees, we are already seeing the beginnings of climate refugees moving to either drier or wetter areas, such are the extremes of climate breakdown.

[@rajendrankulvel3093]

Awesome Dutch guys. Congrats. The world needs to learn agriculture from the Dutch. Indians would love to learn.

[@marcc1179]

I was impressed when I saw acres of greenhouses in the Netherlands, unbelievable!

[@microwave311]

Please don't call rockwool (the growdan blocks you showed) insulation material! While it's very similar to the stuff in your walls, it's very specific for it's ability to hold air for roots.

[@lilaclizard4504]

actually it is basically the original formula for roof insulation - then they started messing with the roof stuff, adding fire retardants etc to it, so NO WAY you'd want to use today's insulation to grow plants!!!!! Bigger issue I have is does the reporter seriously think rockwool is something new????????

[@lisetteem588]

can you explain a little more? you can get wool insulation here, maybe it is like that.. so this is an eco product?

[@deepspacekunal5468]

Great, at least some good use of public money for the better future of mankind. Best of Luck to these scientists from India.

[@hanassholesolo5173]

Big Bang things have already been getting better in Africa just check out the green wall

[@Renssu]

i highly doubt this is public money. This is propably mostly private investment and just partly public.

[@brammeijboom1873]

"mostly private investment" In NLD university research (what is shown in the clip, prolly TU Delft) is mostly public funded.

[@SuperSuperfries]

In The Netherlands the university gets about 50/50 private/public

[@HamseElmi]

@@brammeijboom1873 it's Wageningen University, not delft

[@KYPMbangi]

"we use only rainwater" hahahahaha

[@maartenkennis238]

In the Netherlands it rains every day :)

[@fijnman3813]

Ideal for deserts!

[@florisbollen3770]

To be honest not every day, *only* 7% of the time, (which amounts to an average of 100 minutes a day)

[@blizzization]

I've grown in a farm in Italy, and well... Saying that they can grow with only rain water is nothing new, the soil is, but the rain water there no....

[@NJ-wb1cz]

@@blizzization, wait what. You were grown in a farm?? That's inhumane and outrageous!

[@recommended6602]

I like how he says tomatoes.

[@peter-johndejong9880]

Small country, hardly any redources, meters below sealevel, yet the second biggest agricultural exporter in the world. The dutch are masters in farming and government supports farmers, in the meantime south africa is condoning farm expropriation and inciting hate against white farmers instead of protecting them

[@daveykonijnenberg951]

You can't compare White South Africans with Dutch people totally different culture

[@lahcenbouha8167]

The Nederlands is very rich on resources....it's one of the richest and most fertile river delta's in the world with a moderate climate in the hart of Europe. That facilitates agriculture and trade....and it has been one of the biggest. natural gas producers. It's no Somalia or Afghanistan....or even Japan, Korea or Taiwan!!!

[@jankuiper3422]

Rank Country Value of Food Exports (US Dollars) 1 United States $149,122,000,000.00 - 9,147,593 km2 2 Netherlands $92,845,387,781.00 - 33,893 km2 3 Germany $86,826,895,514.00 - 348,672 km2 4 Brazil $78,819,969,000.00 - 8,460,415 km2 The Netherlands is food valley. 2nd exporter in the world. Yet 30 times smaller than the U.S. Might not be "new", but it is refined. I understand it is not just export that matters but also production. Still..... It is quite refined.

[@Lunavii_Cellest]

9,147,593 : 33,893 = 269.896 so the netherlands isn't 30 times smaller but around 270 times smaller.

[@007hansen]

Can you please cite sources? Much apprechiated!

[@Joey-ct8bm]

5 years later and i hear only this technique is applied in Singapore, US, Netherlands and Japan. The world hunger is at a ultimate high.

[@a.k.3659]

Stopping the world's hunger isn't the solution to the overpopulation of earth. It's like the problem with the cats in a rural area. People must stop feeding them. The more you feed them the more cats will be there begging for food...

[@TubersAndPotatoes]

These things use 90% less water, there's underwater aquifers for the Arabian desert areas. But there's going to be a lot of cleaning the rooftops from sand. And currently these systems are more for veggies and small plants, not for major food crops that provide your main source of calories.

[@sonjaleesloth]

Amazing. Gatta love scientists!

[@TTstone616]

Inspiring & gives hope. wish there were more news stories like these & less of war

[@zainulzainul1880]

My love goes out to those wonderfull people .

[@japrogramer]

How does the technology work? i see no explanation on the video. Is it gmo? Is there a white paper somewhere to read? So i can attempt to replicate their results.

[@lilaclizard4504]

It's standard hydroponics. They put a plant in a grow medium called rockwool & then they drip a fertiliser solution into it, collect the fertiliser solution as it comes out the bottom devoid of nutrients & recycle that water back into the plant again with more fertiliser. It's exactly the same thing that cannabis growers have been doing for over half a century. If you want to try it yourself, there's lots of info & videos on a hydroponic method called "kratky" where you can just put fertliser & water into a bottle & grow a plant in it. Some cheap fertilisers don't have the nutrients in a bio-available form, but you should be right for low need plants like lettuce & for ones like tomatoes, if you get a more expensive fertiliser or one designed for hydroponics (if it says EC then a measurement somewhere on the bottle, it's is), you can be sure it's a complete fertiliser, so your plant will grow fine. There's no GMO or any other weird science stuff

[@tuforu4]

MURRAY HALLAN VIDOES..

[@phildobson8705]

It's not GMO but they are using it as an excuse for GMO

[@moladiver6817]

@Lilac Lizard If it's so simple then why don't other counties follow the Dutch example? Holland is the second largest exporter of produce in the world. That's gotta come from somewhere other than just basic hydroponics.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

@@phildobson8705 GMOs aren't really grown in the EU because it takes forever to get them approved on a case by case basis. "We" (ironic quotes 'cos I'm British) still import GMO food as animal feed. Apologies if you knew that already.

[@andyc9902]

Its been 2 years. Wheres the update

[@fryingflyingbeestudio9475]

Great story, Finally watched something that didnt have the US president rambling about something, and can actually be a breakthrough for humanity.. Thanx Again

[@Horse237]

What is the nutritional content of those tomatoes? The soil has 42 identified minerals beneficial to plants. Without soil biology there is no chance for nutrition if those needed elements are not in the soil. And about that bacteria. Bacteria eat the nutrients but they are released when nematodes and protozoa eat them. And no mention of a BRIX meter which measures quality. Tomatoes on an ordinal scale are related from 1 to 12. I doubt these tomatoes would score above 3 without nutrient supplements. Geoff Lawton is already raising crops in desert on rock. That Dutch University is the best agriculture school in the world.

[@daveykonijnenberg951]

Im living in The Netherlands and i didn't even knew about this before watching this i hope that food shortages soon ends growing food in the desert that's next level

[@normal1011]

the reason plants grow where they do ( fertile soil) is so that they have a nutritional value to their consumers this is empty food, the same empty taste you experience in tomatoes at supermarkets in winter

[@lilaclizard4504]

nope, opposite! The tasteless tomatoes are because they're the most bug resistant & store the longest (which is best if crops need t otravel long distances to consumers) hydroponic systems can remove bugs & be closer to consumers & so can choose varieties with more taste (if consumers demand them) nutrients entering are identical

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

I think the reason greenhouse tomatoes tend to be flavorless is because there's not enough heat for them to develop their flavor properly. Try growing them up north where the summers stay cool and they'll always be bland, regardless of what you grow them on.

[@1994FARID]

can u advice please what is the best variety of tomato which people from holland prefer to eat

[@storagephg1536]

Amazing this would be revolutionary this is the way to go for the future also the way to go for those dreamers who want to go to other planets

[@willm5814]

Fantastic!!!!!!

[@hellmuthschreefel9884]

Why are there so many negative, critical comments? At least the Dutch are TRYING to do something about the global food shortage and climate change refugee migration. What has YOUR country done to try to alleviate those problems? What solutions have YOU come up with? Anything? Anything at all? No? Didn't think so.

[@ravagetime]

When people are free, they come up with ideas to solve problems.

[@thegreatnormad3424]

The professor look the one in the movie "the paradise" old but a killer ! Good job your break through

[@disappointment00000]

المجاعة هي سياسه الرؤساء الشمس والتراب والماء متوفر وعقل الانسان متوفر ايضا، النبات يمتص الماء ويطرحه بعد اخذ الغذاء، فالسماد واهمال الزراعه هي السبب،، فقط قياده حكيمه ولا تكره شعوبها هي الحل،، الصاروخ سعره مليون ليدمر مليون اخر لكن عمل السدود لايحتاج سوئ سعر صاروخ واحد

[@tabryis]

Thanks Europe!!!

[@LeWiS2K9SMUDGEMOONED]

Thanks stoners...

[@josephdorian4743]

I bet African couldn't do this!

[@stevenpadilla4294]

There is a man turnings once fertile greenlands that are now deserts back fertile again with livestock grazing. Amazing

[@MartyRothbard]

In cold climates, like Scandinavia, greenhouses like this could use the waste heat from electrical generation to keep warm. Even in the summer, at least some of the waste heat could heat the ground beneath them. Not burning fuels to heat the greenhouses would make them much more profitable, sustainable, and a more reliable source of food. In particular, heat from a nuclear power plant would not be dependent on regular deliveries of fuel.

[@darknightz2062]

the Future is here. Let's all unite and provide a solution to World Hunger by utilizing this Technology for farming vegitables!

[@Anmolsharma-ze3ir]

Which location is this in Netherland & what’s the company name who owns these acres of land in this video plz let me know

[@jannetteberends8730]

A part of it is in Wageningen, at the university with the same name. And the other part I don’t know. I suppose it’s Westland, which is situated right behind the dunes on the coast. There are a lot of glasshouses.

[@coffeebuzzz]

Sundrop farms are already doing this commercially in an actual desert in South Australia. Using solar desalinated water and rainwater.

[@lilaclizard4504]

Not the same, that's an actual working desert & hot weather system you're comparing to a country about to be drowned in water, with more rain & snow than they know what to do with

[@coffeebuzzz]

What do you mean? This story is about a "breakthrough" method of growing in a desert. Is it a "breakthrough" if someone is already doing it, for real, in an actual desert?

[@lilaclizard4504]

exactly coffeebuzzz! The example you gave is a GENUINE breakthrough! (well actually I think it's mostly modeled on Israel's desert technology, but it's still a working, functional, high producing food system in the middle of a desert!) This report is a bunch of bullshit! The report is talking about 50year old hydro technology located in a high rain area as if it's "special" or a "breakthrough" They're not comparable!

[@sangam175]

This technology needed right now to save the famine.

[@Bilangumus]

And we also invented optic fiber that transport light from roof to basement.

[@aniketsavaliya]

Never give up very good

[@aluxbalum]

This sounds great, but how about actually using endemic species such as Fonio or other local traditional crops already growing there for millennia. Makes more sense, you diversify crops and bring back traditional foods.

[@ambessashield9360]

“We only use rain water”.. well that would be a problem in a desert, no?

[@justben2920]

all country should have this one

[@frankenz66]

You would have to trellis it all because it will not stand vertical in sand or sandy soils. I know that from my own experimenting. As you water it, it falls again and again it becomes loosened, and you have to wait the time for it to reattach itself at the root level. Goes to seed before making anything substantial. That cellulose probably would work better as long you afforded the plant extra nitrogen.

[@abz998]

Arable land and water isn't the main obstacle to agriculture in Africa. It's the food aid that's making agriculture uneconomical in the poorest nations. Drop the food aid and you'll have them self sufficient in basic staple foods.

[@lilaclizard4504]

wtf???? Arable land IS the main obstacle! A guy called Alan Savory's been introducing sustainable livestock farming methods for semi-arid areas into Africa to get around this & everywhere he does, they come off food aid as a result! Find them a way to produce food in such dry conditions & they'll do it!

[@JC-qe3ot]

+Lilac Lizard funny how when all the whites get kicked out they immediately goback to starving . time and time again .

[@kenrow3604]

Hmmm, Any of you guys been to a proper desert before? The problem is not really the soil/ water but more of WATER RETENTION by the plant. Crazy temperature changes is a factor too but can be controlled much better.

[@naturalmystics-kd9vt]

You could never say it any better if they want to

[@domenicozagari2443]

All you need is glass houses, solar panels and air conditioning.

[@onesufi]

Isreal is way ahead of the game , they already have a forest in the desert and now making plans for a rain forest. They are also helping many African countries with this technology along with greenhouse technology.

[@onesufi]

It's not fair using the Netherlands as an example , first of all you will get no argument from me because I am in Awe of how quickly your country has left behind the majority of the world when it comes to TRUE democratic values, compassion, generosity, progressively adventurous and I could go on and on. We Canadians finally have a leader who might help us get there as well. Cheers

[@koninkrijkdernederlanden8711]

onesufi This Dutch method can still useful though for the nations that put sanctions on Isreal like South Africa.

[@rafaelcaballero9473]

I always thought its wierd governments-people dont build cities in deserts and leave fertile land for farmers. But we build factories, apartments & parking lots on fertile soil and forests. 🤔 so were spending money trying to figure out how to make plants and trees grow in deserts. We can pipe, truck and train goods and water to dessert.

[@khajiitkitten5679]

I read a dystopian sci-fi short story about guerilla farmers who were using unauthorized genetics to farm in arid environments that were hunted by corporate military goons for copyright infringements for farming with seeds they bred. It seems to me that this is exactly where this will go...

[@yuhuagreenhousediffuserefl7997]

The production of glass greenhouses in the Netherlands accounts for a large proportion of agriculture. The most successful region in the world that uses glass greenhouses is the Netherlands.

[@maccsir122]

What's the status now ?

[@xixu82]

This is good stuff

[@terryhagan7694]

i've been growing tom's and veg "hydroponically" for years

[@jeromesassani9537]

I just started.

[@joebobjenkins7837]

Wow, spend a buck to make a nickel. They really should have talked to geoff lawton.

[@AArrad]

This was posted 4 years ago. Where are my desert potatoes and tomatoes? 😐

[@DrJohnnyJ]

The problem is the hydroponic food has no taste or nutrition. You can play tennis with those tomatoes.

[@mangeshchalan8786]

But does it have all the micronutrients that a plant growing in soils has ..........

[@SB-qm5wg]

Answer to grow crops in the desert is build a greenhouse over it then it's no longer desert.

[@maroufsultanzada6964]

bro, there is no water or there is no rain.... that is called desert ... this is too many words and less of a scientific view .. good move anyway... please do not get too much happy.

[@KingLeonidas-xl2ue]

Best tomatoes here in Germany came from the Netherlands!

[@Onneukbaar]

18King Leonidas21 funny how here in the Netherlands we eat Spanish tomatoes not our own

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

It's great if crops can be forced to grow in bad soil or dry climates. It will not only help here on earth to feed the hungry but also help us get closer to being able to grow on other planets like mars .really would change things that's for sure.

[@bozhidarpetrov]

No soil and less water? So whats the technology?

[@Shaiderpulispangkalawakan]

Anymore vacancy? I want to work there

[@daveykonijnenberg951]

It isn't like your regular rural farm there scientist some of the most intelligent people working on there level requires years of hard study

[@kwau1319]

Good job! But this required educated and disciplined one to work, otherwise infections and worms will ruin this and high environmental temperature is a problem for workers.

[@lisetteem588]

Not until you start respecting other animals and feeding them and yourselves alike, will you be free of famine and the misery of death.

[@keirkeir9859]

This is all good for food supply but no one is mentioning how deficient most hydroponically grown fruits and veggies are. Why do you think governments are so keen to have us stop eating healthy food grown in dirt full of life? No hydroponic system replaces what is in the earth

[@user-ub3ow3nw2g]

al the good techniques are ideas from the canabis growers.

[@willycortez1680]

0:27 we use rainwater and

[@willycortez1680]

Recyclewater

[@RavensEagle]

1:38 2years away... So have they done it already?

[@greysilverback3924]

You still need water.

[@fernandomuslera753]

looks verry exciting and good, but installing these green houses in Zimbabwe or sudan Somalia looks verry expessive(, wath now? is it treu?

[@koninkrijkdernederlanden8711]

Fernando Muslera They can be made much cheaper. Using plastic foil instead of glass for example.

[@thelastonepiero]

It also removes any kind of taste from the fruits......

[@blockchainbot.6596]

Some good News, ignore the Troll and A-holes in the comments section. Good job. Thanks you from 1 of the billions of people on earth.

[@ingemar_von_zweigbergk]

You can't feed the world on tomato.

[@fransjebik8554]

There are rainmakers, why not make also rain in the dessert? Wilhelm Reich's rainmaker should be taken serious now.

[@paultremblay4836]

Two years later, people are still hungry and angry. This sort of news remind me of the manifold discoveries about cancer or aids twenty years ago, and decades later people are still waiting and waiting and dieing.

[@Lunavii_Cellest]

Thats becouse things are quite complicated, and doing these things cost time

[@Mutazzzzzz]

So this technology will be available for free to the public? How will the poor countries benefit from it? So many technologies and breakthroughs we hear about in the news but dont see them applied anywhere.

[@yanmarle2864]

All you need is rainwater in the desert and voila! Why didn’t you think of it earlier?? What a gimmick

[@lkhbhydroponic6858]

What is the yellow strip of things? Is that new light?

[@jbbuzzable]

We have a huge new greenhouse in my area that commercially sells greens such as lettuce. They use rainwater from the roofs and recycle it, using no other source of water. Granted, we have more rainfall here than in the desert but I think it's a great step forward!

[@georgebronte840]

This is Al Jazeera’s way of telling you that the Dutch are doing what the Israelis have been doing for decades.

[@waltermessines5181]

If all go vegetarian and farmers read "Secrets of the Soil" all will be well on this planet again. Somehow the years of Bio-dynamic gardening on the new land in Lelystad still hasn't convinced Wageningen that the way forward id not to use more Tech, but to humanise society again, away from the extreme reliance on brilliant minds and back in harmony with the planet and all it's inhabitants.

[@HBC423]

grown with petroleum based fertilizers

[@raziyabegum52]

In India we grow everything without any trouble we should be very greatfull to almighty Allah

[@geoffwalmsley3066]

We were growing with This technology 20 yrs ago,hardly a breakthrough.

[@ngantnier]

Hydroponics has been around for decades, kind of old news. Glad it's becoming mainstream though, much ore efficient than using soil.

[@miorlego]

if you listen carefully, they said to grow crop with almost no water. Do you know how much water is used for hydroponic?

[@homewall744]

Yes, this was a report of the use of hydroponics in deserts, or not really.

[@MrB1923]

Mint Lemonade Virtually none if the water is RECYCLED. That's what the ignorant journalist means. There is NO innovation in hydroponics here. 10 years as a hydroponics engineer.

[@billysgarden-u9s]

hanging gardens of babalyon . yep all water is mostly used typical 1 acre nft lettuce greenhouse grow uses 22500 gallons yes 22500 gallons a day for 280 12 ft channels with 18 sites x 18 rowes of them. master hydro grower, hydro store owner and now Kamulea cucumber lead grower 20 years plus experiences

[@lilaclizard4504]

Mint, clearly you don't know how much water is used in hydroponics lol! One of the most common promo points used about it is how much less water it uses than standard systems! Explain exactly what you saw in this report that indicated to you that this is somehow different from or uses less water than any other hydro system in the world!

[@joewill1972]

I've known this for years this isn't new if you really want to make to make something amazing do it in levels. this method takes up just as much land as dong it in a green house. if you do it in levels it is multiplied. for example doing exactly this but 10 stories high uses the same amount of land but grows 10 times the amount. I've wanted to start my own system like this but i'm not rich so it's pretty much impossible for me.

[@studionumberfive]

funny with shows like this that argue about getting the African out of hunger. The world actually is not short of food. Africa is actually quite productive in general. it is not an issue of growing food, it is more of the issue of corporate monopoly. Many crops grow in africa are exported to other countries by big food companies from Europe and price out the locals ability to buy their own produce. WE are not facing a scientific issue but more of a neo-colonialism issue

[@amishshiatsu3386]

Is it organic ?

[@SPharaoh]

The Chinese already proofed this didn't they? Why discredit the Chinese here?

[@Itsallgoodtogo]

No soil? Impossible. They must use something else than.

[@lilaclizard4504]

It's called hydroponics & has been around for probably longer than you have been alive

[@Kiyarose3999]

Where are the nutrients coming from? are they organic?, why don’t you use the domestic and industrial veg waste to turn into liquid fedtilizers from local to where you are growing!.

[@vincentyeo88]

please share your breakthrough growing crops in all those banana republics as well.

[@Paul_C]

Two years ago was supposed to be a reality, what is happening now?