GrowUp Aquaponic Urban Farm

[@mclaine33]

Really neat. I never seen an aquaponic farm before. I have to agree with Kate. There is almost never 1 solution for a problem but this certainly helps with making the environment a bit greener. Now if a large scale aquaponic farm was constructed in an heavy urban area that would be quite impressive. I can see aquaponics becoming a larger industry in the near future.

[@ExplainingTheFuture]

The answer is yes! :) Aquaponics could potentially be used to provide food for space pioneers, and/or to extract nutrients from human waste or to clean the air.

[@stardude692001]

I somewhat agree. Most of the food will still need to be grown in the countryside especially the more land intensive foods like corn and cattle, but other foods do lend themselves well to urban farming. Tomatoes for one require relatively little land, produce a lot and don't transport all that well. Also most of the solar energy that lands on cities is not used for anything and in the summer causes some problems. Grow food on walls and roofs but don't build special buildings.

[@ExplainingTheFuture]

Thanks for this, but with over 25 years of professional video experience (from the BBC downwards), I am well aware of microphone placement. Indeed, I take great pride in the sound on my videos. This was, however, a very rapid and logistically-difficult shoot in a cramped location, and my usual tip clip mics were not a possibity. There was also a lot of background noise (planes, a school playground and water pumps!), and hence I had to make compromises. An in-shot mic is not common on the news!

[@InYourDreams-Andia]

Ace! Love this idea!

[@timothymostad8968]

Systems like this could really make a difference in feeding not only city people but water shortages in a rural area's as well

[@ExplainingTheFuture]

The GrowUp box shown here is a test-bed for much larger, potentially vertical urban farms for feeding cities in the future. At present food ofter travels 1,500 miles to the plate, with (in developed nations) each calorie consumed burning up 10 calories of petroleum. Post Peak Oil, such a mass transportation food supply system will not be possible.

[@MrMoonpie001]

Hydroponics have existed now for many years, the cost savings of this modified and updated technology will prove to be essential for the future. The small home type farm is becoming less and less attractive and has no replacement at this time except imports from Mexico. This will speed forward substantially this new technology. Do not be surprised to see it common place as soon as within the next decade. Moonpie

[@TonysRacing600]

How many people could be fed with that? I mean, you will nevery only eat vegetable and fish, but if you would would that container in the video be enough for one or two persons?

[@crazycoolben13]

it would be nice to see a skyscraper in the middle of a city that is dedicated to food production, Aquaponics is useful in more then one way because you can eat both the crops and the fish

[@mauricelibotte3027]

Great idea!

[@soulextracter]

As I watched this I thought about africa, this could come in handy, feeding a village in africa... right?

[@stardude692001]

How do fish react to radiation? If they can resist it or can be modified to then the could be kept in the water radiation jackets around ships during long term voyages.

[@MrJason005]

how would it be spent on space explorati?on? are you saying that NASA can't move forward because we do not have enough electricity

[@UpsideDownMon]

yea i was thinking how great it would be to have the fish reproduce and to be able to eat them as well

[@spidaminida]

When I tried strawberries grown in this method they were very bland. Would this because they weren't careful with their nutrients?

[@dylanroddy1419]

yes, if there wasnt enough nutrients or sunlight in the system there will be lacking in the growth and flavour of the fruit

[@baroncoultard1595]

You probably can build the garden that will not need weeding, tilling or cultivating, the spreading of fertilizer or garden compost, and no watering or irrigating; all while your plants generate up to 10 x the amount of fresh vegetables than plants from a dirt garden.

[@amadeusantosik8078]

Please provide me that method. Thanks for your time.

[@baroncoultard1595]

Amadeus Antosik Have a look at the following site to learn more: help1.info/aquaponics-easy-plan

[@thomas3713]

Just a constructive criticism, next time please make sure the microphone is not visible on video camera when you are doing interview.

[@Rukzor]

The obvious advantages of creating more jobs of course is that more money is pushed into our economy which in turn helps people keep their jobs for longer and feed their family's for longer. The big question is why companies/people don't realise this? Its a real shame and bothers me so much

[@MageGrayWolf]

I want to build one.

[@williamm1971]

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[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

This is inspiring, but the question is why is it not cheaper to build the same boxes on the outskirts or outside cities? I am just worried about cities cramped with these structures and also I wonder about the land rent price. In my opinion these greenhouses would be far less expensive were they built on roof tops (and not on the expensive city land). PS Nowadays there is not enough space for the outrageous number of cars in cities.

[@ExplainingTheFuture]

+inyazserg Sergey Larin The GrowUp box was/is a technology demonstrator -- as you say, great potential exists to use roof and other city spaces. The company has now scaled considerably, and I hope to be filming a follow-up video in January 2016.

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

ExplainingTheFuture Hello, and thanks for the spoiler :-) I am your subscriber, and so I am going to watch the new video with acute interest. PS You've got great sound and you can be proud of it, and I don't care whether there is the mic or whether it is hidden. I simply cannot understand this prejudice about hiding microphones. In fact, a professional mic in a frame makes the presenter look professional because the presenter works with professional equipment. PSS And, yes, I completely agree with roofs as economically more affordable spaces.

[@freesaxon6835]

inyazserg Sergey Larin Don't worry, it might be fun :-) only start worrying if they start selling something called Soylent green

[@KaliumX]

What about fish allergies? Is there any data about allergens contamination? I don't think it have been considered... I think there is already a known solution "equivalent" and more efficient than this : the Rhizobium... wikipedia. org/wiki/Rhizobium

[@earthsteward70]

so if aquaponics is such a good idea and many of the other good stuff being developed, why the heck have i not seen any news in the usa? have i just not been listening or is there an actual lack of developement?

[@LogicalMayhem00]

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[@ExplainingTheFuture]

GrowUp will be harvesting their fish too! :)

[@unamaxify]

energy can be electricity but it also comes in allot of other forms (nice try at fallacious logic) But in general yes Nasa can't move forward because we haven't enough energy, both for the actual exploring and for our society to grow excess-wealth that we can spend on the logistics of exploring. Simple: More energy = more money to pay for space exploration; also more energy = spaceships get faster and can travel further

[@astrialkil]

Just put a cow in there ! 8p do you really NEED grains?

[@stardude692001]

In that case they may be able to live and still be safe to eat but they will probably will not be able to reproduce and the stocks will need to be replenished at destination.

[@lukedominicodonnell2347]

If you are adding anything it isn't a closed loop system!

[@ExplainingTheFuture]

+Luke ODonnell Yes, you are right! It it relatively closed loop :)

[@Eay5paev]

This is a silly idea. Cities are place with very high population density. Typically they need large enlightened agricultural surfaces to feed this population. That's why those surfaces are used out of the city: in the countryside. Because that's where the surface is. Can you find that surface in the city itself?? I very much doubt so. Maybe if you build you aquaponic units vertically, but then those buildings would have to be very high, thus very expensive, if only technically possible.

[@Rukzor]

We could go the other way though and have all people living in self sustainable homes, and have cars that run off solar power ect etc but we all know that this would have a massive hit on the powers that be, which is why it would never happen. Yes it is a shame but the only way forward I can see and keep everyone happy without a civil war breaking out is to create more and more jobs

[@dalibormarkovic3077]

hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to learn about backyard aquaponics system try Morundan Total Aquaponics Mastery (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.

[@unamaxify]

nuclear what ? nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, ... "nuclear" just means the center of something

[@unamaxify]

too much energy ? -> no such thing if we had fusion we could use all that surplus-energy on space exploration

[@MrJason005]

fission not fusion fusion is just too much energy and we won't consume it

[@ExplainingTheFuture]

Fish probably deal with radiation as well as people! :)

[@oliverjamescarr]

Bet the Yield/Capital ratio is poor...

[@MrJason005]

nuclear?

[@crazycoolben13]

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[@unamaxify]

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[@soulextracter]

one word.. McDonalds.

[@LogicalMayhem00]

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