How Aerofarms' vertical farms grow produce

In our series, Real Food, we take a look at the growing trend of vertical farming. Companies like Aerofarms are rethinking how we grow vegetables by going up to provided fresh and affordable produce. Michelle Miller reports.
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[@felox1715]

Iceland could use this and have no problem with energy costs since 97% of their electricity comes from geothermal plants

[@gudlaugurrobertsson7623]

problem is, the Icelandic government is not interested because they are so corrupt that they would only consider this if its privately owned by their friends and pricing priced to the max due to lack of competition. this is the truth, Iceland is not the perfect country.

[@correctionguy7632]

@@gudlaugurrobertsson7623 iceland uniting with norway when

[@huntleyharbaugh1106]

Huntley 250. Gtr. Go

[@huntleyharbaugh1106]

RGB to the office

[@Botanifiles]

They need to use these boring machines to create underground horizonal/vertical agriculture

[@lordraiden1]

Could you imagine a 10 story building downtown in a major metropolis full of a vertical farm. You could sell your produce to every single store and I bet that stores wouldn't have to change the price seeing that they would cut out all the shipping cost. Then again I'm not a logistics major nor do I work in supermarkets but it sounds feasible to me.

[@giovannicorraliza4393]

please dont say bet so casually

[@truongdo6488]

hey call me when you start the company, I just want in 10%.

[@darlenelaski9716]

This is a win-win innovation using renewable energy sources. Beautiful!!!

[@felox1715]

darthvader5300 you're using one area of the planet where human settlements aren't common because of its climate most areas where people live in are near oceans and sunny areas where sunlight is abundant with also having the option of creating geothermal plants in any area nowadays. the problems for vertical farming as I've seen are minimal since companies could just ship foods from the area towards any designated place where it's in demand.

[@iutarogirotto5110]

you just said the wind is blowing, harvest the wind? have you seen the big fans with the turbines? did i just blow your mind? even tough i agree nuclear is the way forward your comment is not smart

[@EdsonMedina]

Solar panels work even with cloudy sky. Get your facts straight.

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

yeast farming works even without solar panels...or a chip on the shoulder

[@fbakerwitz]

Well yes, but just not as much when it's a clear, sunny sky. Do you have any idea what that white material is that they plant their seeds in?

[@fredericoamigo]

This way of producing food has so much potential in terms of being more sustainable. If you power this with solar or wind, this has the potential to save a lot of emissions caused by shipping transportation. Also, it has the potential to be more gentle to the big marine mammals who is really suffering due to the intense ship traffic related to transportation of agricultural products produced in foreign countries.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Solar is not very efficient in terms of panel lifespan and energy density (the benefit of a vertical farm is low square foot, which is negated if you put a lot of panels), and wind is a joke. Nuclear power is the future.

[@overseachininadoll]

Can turn all those massive out of business shopping mall into vertical farms nationwide.

[@miked7655]

yeah go from commercial zombie consumerism to something to benefit the community heck the world.

[@lisaadams42]

yin ng They need to get the mold out.

[@PenguinApple]

damn fine idea. This is what we should do with all the places that wind up abandoned because of internet shopping.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

its a good idea except all the buildings probably have asbestos in them

[@ismailsajalah]

Yes we can! change we need!

[@embrj1453]

This guy is against because of the high energy consumption, but what about the energy saved by growing food locally , no long distance transport needed, and it's freshest, i'm in NY and some of the vegetables and greens i buy comes from all the way in California, how much energy is spent doing that, plus the fact that this food can be grown all year long , pest control, weather damage , etc etc etc ...and the energy consumption could be mitigated by solar panels or something...

[@MightyMag]

You don't think he thought of that when he made his calculations?

[@-John-Doe-]

...solar panels? Really? Did you even think about what you just said? Wiping out farmland, to build a solar farm, to essentially move light... at an impossible efficiency, ignoring all of the infrastructure ... why?

[@MightyMag]

@@-John-Doe- You know, it's not that much farmland in Nevada or Arizona. But a lot of sun. Maybe the solution lays there somewhere?

[@Tezcax]

@@MightyMag Exactly, dude is a professor at Cornell but he obviously didn't think the obvious? Vertical farming is a scam, the idea of farming is to use a large area to get as much sunlight as possible, not to use electricity. Solar panels for that are an even worse idea, as you will be losing twice in efficiency.

[@MightyMag]

@@Tezcax Well there are other green alternatives other than solar.

[@Danster82]

to save energy you can use fibre optics to feed the sun light to the plants and then regulate the electric lights for when they are not producing enough light or at night.

[@jaredthelifeguard9865]

I've never seen that done before, I'm not sure if it would work, but until its tried, you never know. I don't see why it couldn't work at least as a supplement.

[@ronwilliams329]

@@jaredthelifeguard9865 Transfer of light via fiber is usually done for low power applications. You can get it done for high power applications but that is VERY costly. Fiber optics for this sort of application runs into problems with costs and replacement costs as fiber is very frail compared to traditional wires. Just like much of the Green Industry - full of barriers due to costs. Before things find acceptance and usability the cost factor has to come down greatly. Nobody is going to pay $7 for a cucumber grown indoors vertically! Smaller scale farms is where this vertical farming is going to flourish but not totally indoors for sure. Farmers themselves can earn a good living off of their labor but for the corporate farms it has to be of substantial size, full of part time workers receiving little to no benefits other than a pay check and not chock full of the latest high tech and unproven strategies that people would "like" to see implemented that are prohibitively expensive. Subsidies are not the way to go either!

[@josephmorris9098]

They've been growing marijuana like this for years

[@Kiyarose3999]

Joseph Morris not vertically surely, and links to that?.

[@ismailsajalah]

Whut! i've been thinking about that for while!

[@ChadwickHorn]

You can sell that for substantially more per pound than arugula, however.

[@diannaskare7829]

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[@Mo-rm5um]

No. They haven't.

[@brianfrederick9563]

Nice segment. Well done.

[@carrietoo]

I grow my own sprouts. This is freakin awesome!!

[@rosaspanjol673]

🤩 Wow!.. amazing!.. first time I herd about it.

[@bazoo513]

This at one end of the spectrum, and regenerative farming on the other, is the way to go.

[@ringhuang7207]

What a spectacular houseplant farm

[@khansunhai]

amazing

[@buckaroobonzai3059]

Really nice facility.

[@arezkimalek2967]

Smart système . I love it

[@MrJLCharbonneau]

Seems like a fun work environment...🤓

[@PaulDoesIt]

4:53 dat chain though

[@judithadams6599]

Wonderful

[@Bob_C-GOLDEN]

Please build one near me in the uk I’d love doing this as a job

[@bradlymiller7961]

This is the future of farming. I also think the negative guy is over blowing it. The money saved no pesticides and crop rotation would offset electric cost plus adverse weather conditions that could destroy a crop. So not only are you boosting efficiency by growing faster and better product but also can do it year round because it’s not seasonal so you can make more and sell more which equal more profit. Traditional farms have horrible runoff and can only go wide. You could make giant hydroponic grow towers that are wide and tall that can put produce many farms. Plus with advanced solar, wind and hydro electric energy wouldn’t be a issue.

[@calebtimes453]

First time I heard of it. I did had a potential business idea around it in my early year's in high school but I had no clue how to do it in the first place.

[@abhishekseewosunkur7139]

How about now in 2021?

[@daniyarsaparov5228]

this should be talked about, and the whole world should be taught this. It's time for us to save water and not pollute nature .

[@kevinshiflett4449]

Unfortunately a lot of advancements in renewable energy and lighting efficiency need to occur to make this economically viable. As these technologies improve farms like this will become a lot more common and will be able to grow more than just lettuce and greens.

[@MrChickennugget360]

the most important thing is developing fusion energy.

[@havootu]

This is amazing... I want to be apart of this somehow

[@oliviaw.2842]

You can! They're in tons of grocery stores now. I'm eating their micro broccoli greens now and they taste the same as the farm bought ones :)

[@ronzac55]

It's great.

[@Freddie1M]

Does anyone actually know how much the electricity cost is? Like as a percentage of turnover for example? Or percentage of operation costs?

[@joelx8499]

Imagine a massive desert farm coupled with a nearby desalination plant...

[@ibrahimkhatib1554]

Powered by solar energy and water recycling methods. With no need for pesticides and minimal human intervention. This is really the future!

[@davemwangi05]

@@ibrahimkhatib1554 there's no future for the non-elite class.

[@arnolds.wellness]

What kind of cloth are they growing the seeds? Can somebody help? Thanks.

[@lovedivasong]

I think it's an amazing idea, but they really need to not use plastic packaging, that is not the future.

[@joelx8499]

Youre right its friggen gross.

[@jred7]

The production of plastic is actually less damaging environmentally than other types of packaging. We also have found multiple types of fungi in the Amazon and in Pakistan that break down plastics.

[@gmarefan]

One step at a time.

[@Jem_Apple]

jred7 the production of plastic isn’t really the problem. The problem is that plastic lasts forever

[@patrickd9551]

If you think this vertical farming is about the future or any other dreamy goal, think again. The only reason this is done, is pure greed. Money money money, that's all on their minds. Every time and again it's the same pattern. step 1: Invest big, produce big, sell low. step 2: put local farmers out of business step 3: increase prices. Be very wary of banks like goldman sachs in this respect. I've seen it happen with dozens of small scale stores being put out of business by large scale mail order warehouses. It's just sickening to be honest. Small scale, garden type farming is the way forward if you ask me. Low impact on environment, local production, local customers, less "tweaking of flavor". I could go on, but I think I got the point across.

[@ados4862]

Biodegradible recycled packaging would help too

[@user-np1wl4kq8k]

I am infected with Candida fungi I can not eat vegetables and fruits of all kinds. I thank God who made me take your products and they are the perfect choice for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 💚😍

[@NisarKhan-un3te]

Good

[@Kiyarose3999]

What about all the plastic trays that hold the plants they will break after not too long with constant use!. Also the single use plastic packaging is a big issue, that you don’t get with local independent Greengrocers where u buy the veg/salad loose and use a paper bag if needed. One last thing, I noticed no mention of where the nutrients come from or what they are made from. We as consumers are chucking away down our sewers and in landfill sites all our nutrients instead of using local veg waste etc to make Liquid fertilisers. So chucking nutrients away to be replaced with manufacered nutrient mix’s.

[@arminlok]

What kind of lights do they use? I can see led grow lights somewhere but there are just few of them.(i guess different stages of growing) But what is this white light?

[@fbakerwitz]

I believe they use a combination of different types of LED bulbs. Some of them are the red spectrum but most are the white with blue spectrum

[@brewdog8568]

Lol here in 2021 when LED are top of the line and cheap to run and with mixed light green houses this is the future .. all thanks to the cannabis industry 🙏 your welcome 🙏 this was 1st used by the cannabis growers who started using ancient methods that many 🚜 farmer forgot..

[@ShopperPlug]

produces 130 times more produce than a regular farm field of the same land size... wow

[@thestudentofficial5483]

4:32 one person said NO lol

[@stk.plantation2912]

the best

[@jaymeez]

Solar Power could take care of the electricity costs easily

[@kev3d]

Not at night. Batteries cost money, degrade over time, and lose efficiency in cold weather.

[@powerofligth]

@@kev3d Yes. That is why research funding to renewables should be increased, and help batteries become cheaper, hardier, more efficient, smaller, etc. It'll be worth it

[@fuzzywzhe]

NO. A solar panel that you can BUY is 15% efficient. That means 15% of the energy AT MOST of the sun can be shined on these plants. This is just a really dumb idea. Who is funding this insanity?

[@turtleextra4128]

fuzzywzhe 1 if more funding was put into renewable energy research we could up that number 2 that’s 15 percent of the whole suns energy production 3 most houses can run all of their electric needs on a set of solar panels on their roof 4 no one is funding insanity you need to calm down and stop assuming people are funding KZbin comments on videos

[@thethoeby]

@@fuzzywzhe you are not wrong on that - but what you forget is what wavelengths solar-panels use and what plants need. You can optimize a lot on that regard. Also panels are now >22% - and getting closer to 25% and you could not just use the roof, but also the sides or even bring power to the city from outside. Its way easier to 'transport' energy then food...

[@allenpan5490]

What material is the cloth and how does it work?

[@solocao9339]

Its a trade secret, its not a trade secret if Gordon Ramsey taught you how to make make toast. Just think about it, if no one besides a company knew how to make toast then it would be considered a trade secret. Besides asking in a youtube comment about what the cloth isnt going to get you proffesional answers, it's not like a science professor is like "my question senses are tingling I must go check the KZbin comments"

[@donberry6079]

What is the cost/ton of produce, compared to regular land grown?

[@oterik1104]

What about inputs for nutrients, consumption and the spectrum of led light?

[@reviewpancingan]

Normally they use syntetic nutrients but you can use organic nutrients with aquaponic system.

[@trapasiyahiru990]

how can i set up this thing in my contry..? can you provide primary information about its set up?

[@Kiyarose3999]

We already grow enough food to feed a population of 10 Billion people, but 80% of world grain and Legumes( +1/3 of all commercially caught fish) is fed to the 70 BILLION animals bred for eating every year!

[@joehiden7134]

I think it’s the type of lights used. Led blue/red mix is more efficient.

[@zefanyaajiningratwibowo4866]

what was the fabrics used?

[@meridonmage9076]

The Mystical Ancient Gardens of the Methusalem Archons!!

[@rainesmix]

what type of cloth are they using that is reusable?

[@hidroponikglobal3947]

Nice broh........

[@KeithMSumrall]

What if they were to build one of these in a desert where the outside was covered with solar panels using the sun, which is rarely blocked by cloud cover, to power all the components needed? One acre ten stories high could do the work of ten acres of open land. I wonder if crops like corn and wheat could be grown in this way. It would stop the polution of ground water from the pesticides now needed. Seem to be the future of agriculture.

[@lawson4u2]

Grain crops are not the ideal choice for aeroponics or hydroponics

[@AntonioCostaRealEstate]

You would need to transport the water. Unless there is, there are underground water deposits.

[@artmusic6937]

in a desert yoou have no water. And actually you have enough light you dont neet to build that aerofarm. the bigger problems are water. You will need a lot of water to clean the solar panels as well.

[@ChadwickHorn]

@@artmusic6937 incorrect. Deserts have the same issues as anywhere else. Most vegetables and fruit grown in the USA are actually grown in deserts (Central Valley in California), but are still limited by seasonality since contrary to belief, it snows in deserts. Water is an issue, but these systems use less than 10% of the water from traditional systems.

[@artmusic6937]

@@ChadwickHorn in Desert you need also a lot of water to clean the solar panels.

[@bellabella9181]

I love all of this except the plastic containers. Isn’t there an alternative?

[@jaydeecee1643]

No pesticides...practically no water...can eventually use solar energy...non gmo...love it!

[@hkennemer1]

This is it folks, the beginning of the Megacity era

[@Carrldc]

Aerofarms and solar panels would come perfect together

[@DJames-fn3cl]

We are definitely on the right path, but we must find a better way to package and not use plastics, and what other types of food can be added to the process?? Greens are fine, but can more vegetables, fruits, and trees be grown in these spaces??

[@fatimahlily6916]

does anyone know about the reusable fabric they use? what is it called and where i can get or buy it?

[@MrLalasd]

permeable microfleece ... i think it is plastic based. google hydroponics mesh for alternatives.

[@fbakerwitz]

Soooo glad you asked this. I've been dying to know what it is.

[@fbakerwitz]

THAAAANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!

[@fbakerwitz]

Any chance you can post a link to a site where you've seen it? I can't find anything. or email to fbaker123@gmail

[@diegopiscoya4318]

@@fbakerwitz did you find ?

[@rezanurm4437]

That chain on the neck's host attract my eyes

[@amarithomjit]

They are created another sun ☀ ☀

[@Casper14184]

My question is; did this company shared royalties with the students that studied and made the technology? Like for example, if a student made the media where these seeds are grown, did someone compensate the students?

[@expatindeutschland]

Does they buy electricity for thousands of tubelight or is it local solar?

[@yoviehalim5633]

Can we growth an onions with those method ?

[@ducotaylor679]

I also love Appharvest, Ticker APPH

[@edwardgreer491]

How about looking into Bloom Energy fuel cell technology to cut your cost. You wouldn't need that many and there is plenty of waste around the city to convert into energy. What do you have to lose.

[@tuuyen3197]

Nhà tầng này có thể trồng lúa, gạo được bằng những khay bằng đất và phân giun quế + phân hóa học NPK, tôi nghĩ chúng sẻ phát triển tốt dưới ánh sáng.

[@artycuen3572]

💚

[@venpeddapalli7189]

It is always baby spinach nothing else. Where is tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, squash, egg plant?

[@samuelthornton9179]

Tomatoes and cucumbers are pretty common in Europe.

[@ViolentFEAR]

The reason for this is the market. Greens are simply the most profitable at this point and since a lot of start-ups are typical profit-orientated businesses they simpyl follow the market. Cucumbers, squashes tomatoes, egg plants are not really a problem. But the profit margins are much lower at this point. But with more products we will also learn more about how to better grow them and maximize efficiency.

[@wolfpackpete6408]

If the company setting up like this generate their own energy with solar panels, this is cost effective

[@cyclomaniac4729]

How can i contact you so that i can get consultancy over it

[@setyamuro]

This is the future...

[@anonymou6507]

setyamuro it's now

[@anonymou6507]

darthvader5300 lol keep in mind how much goes to than military

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

I would say yeast farming, since we've been doing that for centuries in caves....is a better Idea...and no it doesn't need to be alcoholic

[@neo00779]

as long as it's not gmo, sign me up. just dont like how goldman is involved in this...

[@neo00779]

TheRoidemortetfleur never heard about this but sounds interesting. any good videos about this on here?

[@avemelvintividad4373]

How to start an aerofarm/ vertical farming

[@learnmath9464]

Hello aero farm... Can you show some tutorial on how to produce food like that.

[@TinaKiker]

If you do a KZbin search on Hydroponics and Aeroponics, you get a metric-crap-ton of results.

[@user-jo1zj1vg4v]

Solar panels. Problem solved

[@DaveH82]

And some Tesla Powerwalls.

[@fbakerwitz]

Do you have any idea what that white material is that they put the seeds in?

[@dmon553]

Solar panels don't solve much. Even tesla hypers (The top solar panels in existance) need to be replaced every 4-5 years making them more expensive then grid energy.

[@FF-mt4ce]

*Wind Turbines + Solar Panel with Graphine* problem solved. 😁✌☝

[@wulf8121]

Solar panels probably won't cut it at the scales needed to feed a major metropolitan city. The best option would be a form of nuclear power. I know it's controversial but it's honestly the best option to make vertical farming viable.

[@FF-mt4ce]

is it possible for rice to grow here?

[@reviewpancingan]

Yes you can find hidroponic rice in youtube...

[@LeeMaitland]

What's funny is that people just assume that because these innovations aren't perfect immediately, that they will never get better and replace the broken systems that we currently have. I remember the argument about how expensive wind energy was here in the UK, it is now the cheapest form of electricity production and is getting cheaper. Battery tech again is not far behind. Yes the first vertical farms are not perfect, just as the first airplanes, the first cars, the first computers, the first mobile phones were not perfect. Vertical farming will be a critical part of our future if we want to feed as many people as possible, making the biggest profit possible, protecting the environment as much as possible.

[@justinarchuleta2780]

They’re trying to cover up how much money you can make growing they’re like they shut off the lights for good, the cost isn’t what it should be then what’s the math he don’t know no point made distractions

[@sy7zx]

Will this vegetable give us a reasonable amount of vitamins and minerals??

[@RadicalW0lf]

No

[@kingrazor5280]

@@RadicalW0lf how u know?

[@RadicalW0lf]

@@kingrazor5280 Cause there are studies about it, nutrients from vegetables come from what plants take from soil. If you artificially add them in the water, some are lost.

[@kaizenmediahouse9696]

2:03 Savage

[@jgg5812]

how will they plant cereals?

[@AntonioCostaRealEstate]

Just as they’ve done by centuries. Plowing the fields. Hydroponics or vertical farming is for vegetables , not grains.

[@astaloaf2113]

@@AntonioCostaRealEstate So they can't have a new method for rice to make its efficient?

[@olexryba]

Cool story, but I am curious about the nutrient content of those produce. Roots try to extract the nutrients from the soils, but here there is none. They say they adjust nutrient content. How exactly and how much? Compare to soil-grown, and compare to grown in good soil, that doesn't cripple the roots by adding extra nitrogen.

[@stealthtrees96]

I wonder what nutrients they use?

[@aliendiscrimination2541]

mostly nitrates, phosphates and potash

[@juliaset751]

Blood Eagle 88, it’s not in your food, it’s in the growth medium. I use manure in my garden as fertilizer, I’m not eating manure.

[@cpetch10]

This technology is really useful in developing countries because that's where the world's population is going to grow.

[@fbakerwitz]

Well, that's where it will grow the most.

[@OGSiX33]

@@fbakerwitz This tech is expensive, complicated and will only work for certain types of plants. Living soil is the way of the future, not vertical farming.

[@jefferymejia323]

they gotta move to the empty office building in NYC one floor per plant

[@Agakir]

Why not use a fiber optic channel connection for free light during the day and artificial light at night, vegetation is faster anyway due to longer cycle.

[@IceAge20017]

It's easy to feed

[@ArcturanMegadonkey]

Just stick a load of solar panels and wind turbines on the roof to power the factory during the day and take power from the grid during the night..power consumption sorted!

[@stanjenostantalent156]

Can someone enlighten me? Is vertical farming hydroponics or aeroponics?

[@ViolentFEAR]

You can use both. In this case aeroponics but there is no strict separation.

[@mrthugamer7603]

If we would stop eating meat we would have enouph food for the whole world population. For every 500 grammes (1 pound) of meat, you need about 6 kg (12 pounds) of grains and 9500 liters (1200 gallons) of water.

[@miguellopez3392]

we lready have enough food, but transporting it and storing it cost money, and not everyone can afford food shipped from across the world.

[@mrthugamer7603]

@@miguellopez3392 that's not really true, a lot of the time, local food is more expensive than food coming from other parts of the world(this is mostly due to the underpayment of the workers). We indeed have enouph to feed the world, 1/3 of the food in Europe gets thrown away, in America, it is 1/2.. This isn't a logistics problem, this is a societal problem. We are dying of obesity while others are dying of starvation.

[@Nemocuatico]

do you think they have no side effects for this crops it grows in artificial environment

[@johnlocalroofer8395]

Great idea- join forces with Grove (GVR)

[@Spark-In-The-Dark]

Goldman Sachs would love to take over this market and prevent others from learning about it so people don't become self sufficient

[@prashantgarg9570]

Their investment would show to other investors that they are missing out on something, which would create a pool of potential funds for potential entrepreneurs that would work in such industry and innovate better ways. :)

[@fbakerwitz]

I agree. If enough people test different ways/methods then it will only get better

[@keeganrasmussen977]

Think they'll go public before it's completely obsolete?

[@IceAge20017]

Never trade secrets yo

[@GyoubuMasataka]

If i have the funds,i would make the amazon of food supplies, vegetables and fruits just in 1 day order.

[@joserosa5342]

No sunlight? U need artificial light to meet the spectrum for photosynthesis.

[@user-jq9yh7um7k]

вот это размах....))))

[@johnlocalroofer8395]

GROVE (GVR) can handle all this! Maybe you should join up with Grove!

[@moshtabamorsali]

Nobody: Vegetarian: I’m vegetarian

[@williamoverton7775]

Coupling this with refugee migrant industries is a great idea but why not transparent ceilings and walls? To cut energy costs

[@freevideos051]

Put solar panels on roof

[@bigadventure3797]

My thoughts Exactly! Why not wrap the building like they have done in China or Dubai

[@AnimeHumanCoherence]

It probably wouldn't be cost effective to purchase a massive amount of solar panels for the energy it would create.

[@freevideos051]

I have 14 solar panels up

[@DannyPerski]

Well, 1) it would most certainly be cost effective especially in an operation at this scale and 2) they've received millions in local grants so they can certainly afford the investment

[@fbakerwitz]

Eh, that would actually complicate things. Then they would have both artificial and natural lighting... not sure that's a good thing for the plants