How an Indoor Farm Uses Technology to Grow 80,000 Pounds of Produce per Week - Dan Does

Bowery Farming is a network of vertical farms based in NYC. Here, innovations in light, water, and other growing technologies enable the multi-level operation to use 95 percent less water, zero pesticides, and to grow produce optimized for flavor versus bulk or insect resistance. boweryfarming.com
Credits:
Host: Daniel Geneen
Producers: Daniel Geneen, McGraw Wolfman
Camera: Daniel Geneen, McGraw Wolfman
Editor: Daniel Geneen
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Coordinating Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Engagement: Daniel Geneen, Terri Ciccone
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[@KenJee_ds]

As a data scientist, I am absolutely enthralled by this whole process. Would love to better understand how the crop image recognition works!

[@ZEUSKINGCSGO]

it works with shapes of the leaves and colorstypes. it´s even possible to use satellites to detect which types of crop and in which stage the crops is.

[@w0lf149]

@@ZEUSKINGCSGO how the hell is that possible?? Can you elaborate more on satellites and crop distinctions

[@pandainvestingco]

The 🐐 has arrived

[@delavago5379]

@Linh Nguyen smh

[@TheBlondegedu]

Apps already exist for plant identification. It seems that a lot of it is user generated - kind of like the ReCaptchas, if enough people identify a pine tree as a pine tree and upload photos, then the app learns to detect a pine tree from a maple.

[@Slackyboy576]

You can tell he got so triggered when he asked “why bother” lmao

[@Geckuno]

That bothered me as well. He was obviously saying it to make fun of people who don't believe in the benefits of it.

[@azblue5762]

@@Geckuno Nah, it was a good, provocative question.

[@w0lf149]

Huh? He’s interviewing... and that’s a reasonable question for a majority of the uninformed demographic of hydroponic growing. “Why bother” - I asked that same question when I started. *insert Microsoft word picture art* ThE mOrE yOu KnOw

[@alexandersebela370]

@Time Waster no don't do this it's really stupid and pointless. What's cool about writing small and big letters in words... Nobody will hire you with your resume...

[@go9565]

@@alexandersebela370 big and small letter he used was to emphasize that he's saying it in a mocking tone.

[@goldenSun415]

The Netherlands started using hydroponics for year round veggies and fruits that they don’t have to depend on other imports like tomatoes etc. This is the way to future farming. Hydroponics uses less chemicals and recycles its water use. This type of farming needs to be replicated throughout the country.

[@leovomend8789]

but all the flavor is wack

[@darknorth239]

Sounds expensive

[@Lanteader]

@@darknorth239 depends. If the government decides to actually handle food shortage issues instead of wasting billions of dollars on military, it wouldn't be that bad. They could set up a program that rewards and encourages farmers or new companys to grow hydroponically. The earth as it is, is not sustainable. If we keep going down the same path we won't have a planet to call home.

[@LordSeth-hf8ew]

@@leovomend8789 really?

[@odoimia]

The tomatoes suck ass, but everything else is pretty good. And veggies and meat are really cheap here!

[@Maree_Customs]

I understand that's it's like The Matrix, but how can anyone be turned off by no pesticides, no insects, completely managed, absolutely clean, etc.

[@martin8313]

Some people prefer their filthy soil, insects, rain and sunlight over this sterile environment where everythings optimised for space, speed and cost. I'm sure this could be neat for stuff like lettuce that barely have any taste to begin with, or growing food for livestock, but I couldn't imagine eating something like a tomato from a greenhouse like this. It's been shown in research that plants need UV light, otherwise they're stressed and this shows in their taste. But UV lamps are expensive so it's out of question to use them in projects like these that are optimised for production costs.

[@derangedgod4440]

I believe that people nowadays believe that there are beneficial microorganisms (probiotics) hidden within organic farming. The truth is that, there's no aesthethic in growing a true organic crop. Even the ugliest fruit can taste like honey.

[@junjiedong3482]

@@martin8313 00

[@TheAlwaysPrepared]

I like cooking and eating. I cook every day. And in my believe industrialized food production always lacks in quality. The process is optimized to maximize yield and profit. Actually making a good product is not part of the operation. Nobody in the video talked about it. If experienced it with tomatos, greens, eggs, beef, pork, etc. The organic and traditional product just taste better.

[@andreinarangel6227]

Plant genetic diversity is non-existent in this production.

[@GoldenSun32]

This dude's making everyone uncomfortable lmao

[@primtones]

He's funny and laidback, people are just so uptight.

[@hreaper]

I think it's more due to the editing of the video.

[@cvshav]

Nice way to say he's obnoxious, and keeps interrupting with attempt at humor

[@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951]

@Westin Killian Hey! you're supposed to use a different account for the second comment dipshit, can't even lie right

[@alexrod3505]

@@primtones honestly

[@flowerchica01]

This interviewer made everyone uncomfortable. Including the audience.

[@Alusnovalotus]

That’s kinda the point.... there’s always naysayers and Karens and he’s asking all those questions. He HAS to be annoying

[@derangedgod4440]

He was using an informal language, but I believe he was trying to be on the side of the people in favor of organics (and against chemical fertilizers).

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

@@Alusnovalotus i think there is a decent distinction between "i am asking you the tough questions" annoying and "lOoK at ME! i'm fUnNY!" annoying.

[@georgesduroy410]

The interviewer was superb. This is how they should be, not doing PR for big businesses

[@CitarNosis317]

It really wasn't ALL that bad IMO.

[@91anthonyD]

Agree with the majority of the comments the interviewer was irritating, but i am thankful for all these piece on vertical farming its super interesting

[@joshuarankin1905]

I've been told about vertical farms for years & understand thier future benefits but, to actually see one being utilized & continually optimized is inspiring! Thanks for sharing & giving hope...

[@popcorn0038]

im wondering tho does have no sunlight exposure makes the produce sweet?? every other verstical farm seems to say theyre sweet so how does that make it preferable to normal almost tasteless lettuce?

[@polarbread]

@@popcorn0038 it’s tasteless because it has been harvested a couple days which means it’s not fresh. The reason they could have the sweet taste is they tasted it right after harvesting. You would not normally eat this right away with normal soil planting though since it’s dirty and may contain e coli.

[@RadElNew]

Been doing this in Minecraft for years.

[@freddelarsson4434]

We need more of these solutions for the future

[@escapedcops08]

It may become the growing standard in order to maximize land usage.

[@SahilShirazee]

They’re so many companies and individuals who are creating solutions to world problems it’s just that major media sources are not going to show that. Do some research you’d be surprised.

[@alexanderkohler8270]

So true

[@samanthanicole2906]

i hope they are all well funded

[@alexanderkohler8270]

AI, Industry 4.0, hydrogen tech, nuclear fusion, alternatives for plastics. Exciting times we live in. But also big challenges in the next 30 years too

[@astupidpenguin4264]

Interviewer: "Why would you plant vertically?" Employee: *Why would your mom have you?* -> "To save space...."

[@lupe57rojas87]

Jajaja jajajaja love it!!!

[@ralphfischer6924]

His mom would have him to save space? If you have to make a lame joke at least try to make some sense.

[@astupidpenguin4264]

@@ralphfischer6924 When Ralph Fischer doesn't understand a simple joke, me thinking *Why would your mom have you?*

[@kahuweber4409]

@@astupidpenguin4264 to save space obviously

[@docwiz]

I've been talking about vertical farms since 2005. I'm so happy to see we are finally here and the care put into this.

[@chrisn1713]

The science is interesting but I'd love to stop seeing this produce in my supermarket packaged in large plastic containers. It kind of defeats the purpose of being efficient and environmentally sound.

[@jordan-kz3rx]

Upvote this!

[@Btt8]

Business is business

[@vknight7497]

I want plastic

[@albertokarundeng8265]

so whats your solution to this

[@magicalseal8710]

@@albertokarundeng8265 reuseable cardboard boxes

[@traktorworks3200]

the reporter asks some pointless silly questions, like how high can you build these gardens: well like how high is the building.....

[@camerongunn7906]

The greater question is "where are you going to get the electricity from?" And don't say wind and solar. You can argue that most Farms use solar.😂🤣

[@camerongunn7906]

@@McOwenWilson Wind and solar? Texas would beg to differ. Nuclear power is the future. That is...if you want to be free of fossil fuels. As I have said, hook this vertical farm to a Nuclear plant and you could indeed feed a whole city.

[@recoil53]

Asking how high isn't pointless - it is one limitation. And not everybody knows the fairly obvious - he does need to ask questions for a general audience.

[@derangedgod4440]

Those simple questions are useful for investors, people who doesn't get involved in agriculture but have the need to understand the complexity of the system in a few words.

[@mistypeaks1375]

He's actually funny and informative tbh. Making the video light for the audience

[@leviharrison4127]

This could actually address the problem of monoculture in industrial agriculture. We could bring back extinct strains, learn their genetics, and even breed them for the future. The biggest issue with this way of growing (from an environmental standpoint) is the power it uses, and really that could be solved with solar - very interesting prospect.

[@XiyuYang]

Solar is inconsistent and is really only tangible in limited regions, and no the biggest issue is not energy expenditure, it's the limited products this system can produce. Good luck growing grasses and legumes in this.

[@leviharrison4127]

@@XiyuYang yeah solar is not the end all be all renewable energy solution. Even state to state will require different percentages of their power grid to be made up of solar. I live in a state where it rains the majority of the year and solar is still a very viable option. It will will only become better when the next generation of battery cell technology emerges in the next 5 years or so. Even if adding collar panels only offset energy consumption it’s worth it for the life of the solar cells.

[@crazykeejan6981]

@@leviharrison4127 In india we alredy figured a solution We now plant crops in high density.Like crops like cotton,wheat,maize,and sesame.So now they can produce high yields limited land.we have many cows so we spread tehir urine as organic pesticide,and their dung as fertilizer.We plant the wheat using a rake looking like plough.We dont make rows in our fields.We are able to get yields 7 times normal due to this method.We also no plant 5 maize plants per foot.5 X the average plant density per acre.We also feed our animals the waste of tehse plants.Such as peanut leaves,cotton plants,wheat husks,wheat straw,maize cobs,maize plants,rice stubble,and vegetabvle plants.

[@soundsofnature7015]

@@crazykeejan6981 This method is thousands of years old and solves no problems.

[@crazykeejan6981]

@@soundsofnature7015 It solves many problems How do you think india maneged have a popualtion density 12 Times america with only 1/2 the farmland

[@Verthias]

This is the future. This is responsible, sustainable farming without the use of crop pesticides and it's a highly controlled, highly refined process. I would like to have something like this on a smaller, more automated scale.

[@litfiana5417]

do you really think every single plant can be plant this way? what about corn? apple? palm oil tree? all of those big tree? and everyone already start do this thing too for lot of vegetable and plant, The Green House.

[@Verthias]

@@litfiana5417 Lettuce is a lot easier than most other crops because it’s small and grows quickly with nutrient water and light. This company has the process highly refined. In the future we may have no choice but to grow crops like Bananas indoors as they are threatened by disease and we may see them disappear in the wild. Probably in dirt. We grow corn outdoors here, and while I would love to see something like this for corn it’s a bit more difficult. Corn grows to 7-12 feet over several months so it’s going to take a lot of room indoors. They would never be able to compete in price with corn farmers who grow outdoors under the sun. Hydroponics complicates things. This process is tweaked and refined for lettuce, I can see them growing root vegetables and tomatoes and squash and stuff like that no problem. I have seen a banana tree grown in a barrel of nutrient water so DWC is probably possible though I can’t say if it’s cost-efficient. Probably not, but if bananas end up endangered this may be how we keep them going. I think the banana tree was a bonsai, it wasn’t one of the really tall ones.

[@Ruben.tarigan]

@@Verthias only Cavendish are endangered. Pretty much all other species of banana will survive the banana pandemics. We don't stick to one plant genetics (outside of America).

[@DaleDriven]

The presenter is like an edgy Vice journalist.

[@aaroncrawley9573]

I thought i was watching a vice video at first lol

[@DaleDriven]

@@aaroncrawley9573 right?! Haha

[@denizalgazi]

*edgeless

[@mokushmasmo6009]

Lmaooo

[@jwulf]

Tries too hard.

[@chinqlinq89]

More and more people are growing weed with this similar vertical/stacked LED method.

[@DV-zv4ox]

MH/HPS lighting will be a thing of the past within 10 years. LED tech is improving, becoming cheaper and more efficient than ever.

[@chinqlinq89]

@@DV-zv4ox absolutely no doubt about it. LED technology has advanced exponentially, but for comparable fixtures it still costs 3x more than traditional lighting which makes it unattractive considering start up costs. Just like the Toyota Prius, higher volume of production will progressively drive down costs.

[@rentospropertymanagementso4895]

To watch the plant grow and occupy its place was an awesome experience. Thank you for sharing the video.

[@woiwoiwoi5625]

MInecraft was ahead of its time

[@GameOver-qk2ys]

@@Behzey2fly you must be very passionate about the subject however my boi woiwoi woi was just making a joke 👍🏾

[@OfficialTigerino]

@@Behzey2fly since when did the real world have the ability to throw potatoes at people for iron golems?

[@hayatasama2394]

Minecraft IS ahead of its time

[@woiwoiwoi5625]

@@Behzey2fly what u on about?

[@woiwoiwoi5625]

@@Behzey2fly so ur telling me if I went LA and got shot I wouldn’t respawn down the road?

[@julianguyen1021]

Cool video, not the best host. As someone who studied this stuff I would have hated being interviewed by him.

[@muhammadhamid4170]

@Julia Nguyen have to give him credit for not knowing EVERYTHING about what they do. This content is also aimed for those who don't have the knowledge of any of that. Like me 😁

[@julianguyen1021]

@@muhammadhamid4170 it's not about knowing, it's about how he asked. So rude, food is what feeds the people and climate and political instability make such projects important for even just potential or options. You dont need any academic background to know that, go ask buzzfeed if you wanna make vapid flashy content

[@srir.5282]

No, this is the perfect way. He is asking like this because this is a revolutionary system that's going to completely change the way we make food, just like laboratory meat. But people is extremely reactionary, big changes like this usually are look at with a lot of controversy. Saying "why bother?" is exactly what people will say about this system once it gets more tracking.

[@eininternetuser8243]

Why bother is a legitimate question. I don't think the interviewer was rude in any way.

[@wolfspiritdeck]

@@eininternetuser8243 People are too sensitive this days lol

[@Crazt]

I love the idea of using science to determine what makes the best tasting fruits and vegetables the best fruit and vegetables. Then replicate it in a controlled way to make every fruit and vegetable taste like what you need to to for a given purpose.

[@12on12off]

Great questions! Good interview got a lot of answers. Keep up the good work

[@OLENFARM]

the best video ever. I have been watching so many indoor farm videos lately but this is the best one. Really informative and enjoyable.

[@critie]

I believe that any push forward to bettering our food source is legitimate. Keep up the work everyone!

[@IKNFLY666]

Maybe they can make the packaging wraps using seaweed gels or some sort of organic material that is biodegradable in the landfill instead of using the good old petroleum base plastic?

[@Arineedstostop]

its not like they throw it everytime, the containers are used constantly so theres no really waste

[@therealosas]

@@Arineedstostop hes not talking about those forms where the Plants are growing in but rather the packaging which is still plastic instead of something more sustainable and biofriendly.

[@Fish-mc2gs]

Happy this is in my recommended. At my private high school I recommended we do hydroponics for science class, and we just started germinating the seeds. So I love videos like these.

[@suemel1716]

I love this! I have a mini version in my house. It's an awesome way to get fresh produce in winter.

[@briankim7442]

I keep reading comments about the host. I personally felt nothing towards him? he was pretty straight forward and asked really interesting questions that would inform people that know nothing about this (me). pretty solid work by him to be honest...

[@Flazius]

The future, ladies and gentlemen. Great content Eater. More of this, please!

[@loolaf5365]

That kind of video deserve my subscription 👊

[@apollotheone1496]

This is actually amazing

[@pogi09282805724]

I'd like to know the "efficiency" of these farms in terms of calories/nutrients per kwh

[@CabbageSandwich]

A good question....

[@jaredgarbo3679]

Garbage mist likely.

[@thenormalyears]

im sure its efficiency in terms of calories per liter of water used is really good and electricity really can be an unlimited resource for us but water isnt

[@calebfielding6352]

@@thenormalyears unless you live in a desert water is pretty unlimited at this point in history.

[@breadles_]

Better than regular farms

[@KatotownUSA]

This guy was awesome! Why are people throwing shade? He seemed like a cool dude who was just light hearted and talked like an average dude rather than making everything so stuffy. It was refreshing seeing a guy just be his quirky self rather than scripted garbage

[@larrydavid1354]

Yeah I liked him

[@larrydavid1354]

@@poopoogamer1232 I guess. But the question is fair and is an expedited version of "what advantages does this have over conventional farming?"

[@fayeharrison1741]

You're informal but informative. Subbed, good content! Keep it up!

[@tatermater2613]

Interesting... I was hoping that the types of micro nutrients and what fertilizing chemicals are used would be discussed.

[@DavidDavid-lo7jp]

Would be very interesting, if they have the same micro nutritions because they don’t have soil where the plant could get more minerals or if the water gets added something.

[@trythinking6676]

This is called hydroponics. Ask any grower of Marijuana what is needed. This is nearly old tech in that respect.

[@Alusnovalotus]

True. An early comment made me a little suspicious over the possibility of them using GMO seeds.

[@Alusnovalotus]

@@trythinking6676 I thought that too but it seems it’s on a massive scale

[@bai_qi]

@@Alusnovalotus well, aren't we consuming GMO foods almost everytime we eat?

[@billyjoel9313]

This, we need more of exactly what this does. A new way of farming produce that is efficient as possible and uses as little as water as possible.

[@ImARiceCooker]

We should be asking important questions like what other crops could benefit us using vertical farming and its technologies rather than insistently blurting out "Why bother?"...

[@zedrhyx1788]

It's a valid questions

[@ngregoirenc]

@@zedrhyx1788 only if you’re a clueless idiot

[@zedrhyx1788]

@@ngregoirenc not everyone knows about vertical farming dumbass that's why the host is asking all this question so they can better explain to us why vertical farming is a thing and how it's beneficial for us than regular farming

[@spamstabber]

@@ngregoirenc there's a lot of clueless idiots about, which is exactly why it's a good question.

[@kevinpeters6709]

There’s another vertical farm (oishi I think is the name) growing strawberries

[@bootlegcaesar7481]

i love this, cant wait for these to become the norm.

[@waileonglum2738]

Wow, this content is super cool. Learned a lot. Thank you!

[@michaelbailey9549]

yeah, socialize this technology and give the land back to the indigenous people!

[@DeanTheDoctor]

Long as the solutions we reach for are full of minerals and nutrients, I feel it's a great way going forward. 😌🌎🌄

[@maxenesun6857]

so good!!!! eater is literally rolling out great content after great content!!

[@sekkev]

This is so good for our society

[@rylandjack3579]

The best thing about this is its close proximity to the market. Most veggies lose 70% of their nutrients by the time we actually eat them. However, this isn't going to solve all our problems, we still need protein and things like grains in order to actually fill us up and this can only be really be grown outdoors. If this interests you, I would recommend looking up permaculture/sustainable farming to give you an even better solution to fixing climate change as well as poverty all around the world.

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

Imagine vertically planting cannabis and you're asked "how high can you go?"

[@crazykeejan6981]

lol

[@tc5963]

How much can you smoke

[@kaizermengele6669]

As an engineer I am absolutely enthralled by this whole process

[@geode8556]

Fantastic!!! The future is here! Very logical! Thank you!

[@rhyuke]

Ngl I love the super basic questions he asks. They must seem so basic to the operators but it's a great way to fully understand what's going on

[@JAM_2024]

Less water, no chemicals or pesticides. Sounds like a win! Next is cultured meat.

[@TheAlwaysPrepared]

I choked.

[@JAM_2024]

@@TheAlwaysPrepared need some water?

[@TheAlwaysPrepared]

@@JAM_2024 Tryed that. Doesn`t help.

[@JAM_2024]

@@TheAlwaysPrepared too bad.

[@Isi7859]

Besides the plastic box (in which they are wrapped) I really like this technology.

[@johnmounsey5342]

Absolutely amazing 🤩

[@ohduck]

"why bother..." TRIGGERED

[@Slamson808]

Lab guy: “Well it’s actually 2 percent” Host: 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@martin8313]

It's a valid question. What I'm bothered by is that guy's answer. Saying how stacking them is "more efficient" and that it's a "real estate question" as if it's just good for business and that's it, instead of saying how it's integral to dealing with the impending crisis of overpopulation. Glad that the guy brought it up again towards the end of the video.

[@DaddyShegz]

So rude

[@crazykeejan6981]

@@martin8313 In india we alredy figured a solution We now plant crops in high density.Like crops like cotton,wheat,maize,and sesame.So now they can produce high yields limited land.we have many cows so we spread tehir urine as organic pesticide,and their dung as fertilizer.We plant the wheat using a rake looking like plough.We dont make rows in our fields.We are able to get yields 7 times normal due to this method.We also no plant 5 maize plants per foot.5 X the average plant density per acre.We also feed our animals the waste of tehse plants.Such as peanut leaves,cotton plants,wheat husks,wheat straw,maize cobs,maize plants,rice stubble,and vegetabvle plants.

[@johncollins8511]

I want to see if they're going to be able to grow more complex produce like different kinds of berries, tree fruits, and nuts.

[@anonymityismyname]

I love this idea, I love this company!

[@Torbikini]

This was really neat. I'm probably going to be a customer if I see this in my local grocery store

[@Nomenius1]

My only concern is that this method of farming doesn't really appear to support different types of plants other than leafy greens. It needs to be adaptable to basically every farmed plant before it will have a chance at replacing them outright. Although the productivity of it does intrigue me, it also appears very labour intensive, which might mean it produces more food, but it's also more expensive than traditional food. It definitely has a lot of hurdles to overcome, but it is definitely interesting.

[@breadles_]

It can though, we could just adapt the indoor environment to the most optimized climate for the plant, so technically we could just change the temperature to grow any plant

[@CarollyMusic]

@@archivalcopy What? Potatoes are simple to grow. There's a reason they became ubiquitous in Ireland, where both the soil and the weather are generally shitty.

[@kenchen704]

Imagine saying a near fully automated indoor farm is labor intensive As if outdoor farms are not labor intensive?

[@kevinpeters6709]

It’s almost entirely automated. It’s a very interesting job and I love it

[@Celis.C]

_"We'd need 50-70% more food production in the future to feed 10 billion people"_ Let's first stop with wasting 33% of it (40% in the States).

[@acidset]

These go hand in hand

[@MFJoneser]

Preach!

[@inoob26]

Wasted food or not, these high production, controlled farms is nice to have since the farmland can be dedicated to literally anything else

[@0xszander0]

I understand what you are saying, and there's still a lot to gain in terms of food waste. Except there will always be a certain amount of spoilage. It's a logistics and cost problem. You still need to get that food to the people that need it..

[@TroySchoonover]

I'd like to be there to hear how specifically you couch this argument to your children, and then what you say when they still say, "Ew, no!"

[@reddragon6317]

absolutely mind blowing

[@foodieuncle]

That's fantastic and unique ❤

[@leoszilard7542]

why do they never ask about the energy cost involved in growing? The media always makes such puff pieces on vertical farming and direct carbon capture. "oh we don't need to transport our food long distances or use pesticides so we're helping the environment" Great, now whats you're carbon footprint looking like from increased energy use?

[@JackrabbitCrafts]

Well if the farm is intelligent (aka they have the money for it) they’d plug that building into a renewable energy source, and get their heat from thermal pumps. And if you have to pick a machine to burn fossil fuels a single power plant is probably more efficient in its energy per pollution ratio than the dozens of tractor trailer trucks/airplanes/and freighter ships used to move food around the world. And for stuff like that lettuce that goes limp and bad in the blink of an eye a local vertical farm would make for so much less food waste if every city had one. Just that aspect alone probably helps their carbon footprint as a side effect.

[@twoplustwo5183]

@@JackrabbitCrafts Then you also have to factor in the cost (both economically and environmentally) of manufacturing solar panels etc. on a large scale. Solar panel manufacturing is not without its problems.

[@Pixtel1]

Thats what I was thinking, the entire farm and the maintenance ir needs is going to contaminate, more than anything grown with residual 0 products.

[@kaildoucet9506]

Why are half the people in the comments complaining so hard about the interviewer, they make it seem like he's insulting them or he is asking stupid questions when at the worst it's an awkward dad joke.

[@jacobvillavicencio9272]

Dan Does is funny as hell. He puts in a bunch of sarcasm, skepticism and goofiness to new technology. 😅

[@user-ng6zf5ke9p6]

This technological device is great, it provides a good output and saves manpower👍

[@hbarudi]

Looks like this kind of research is taking off... Only a matter of time before we find out how to grow most crops this way.

[@jonathanavice8052]

You can't grow cereal this way

[@Sethimus82]

@@jonathanavice8052 yet

[@Kelvinpierre99]

Aka thanks to us dutchies you have this, we call this ‘kassen’ and by this reason we are the nummer 2 producer of food

[@cerebral-liberty]

Thanks Netherlands 🇳🇱. Im off now to thank Germany for my car, Pakistan for my soccer ball & China for everything else.

[@parachute3725]

Great video! Amazing proof of concept. I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this technology in years to come, especially if the human race is hoping to terraform other planets!

[@onone9149]

One of the best concepts I've seen😯

[@tiktokfinds6143]

No one: Caption: Water Sloshing

[@jasonpeterson9362]

“ 70% of the worlds agriculture resources goes to water” Whaaaat?!!? Show me stats, insane!?!??!

[@moneng85]

Just Google dude, why bother?

[@trblcleft]

It's true

[@eininternetuser8243]

Of course. What do you think plants need most. 😂

[@ar4837]

I love vertical farming videos

[@SneezyIsGaming]

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Love technology like this. Amazing process!!!

[@ummuser]

Hope the science advances so we can get more than leafy greens from the process. Imagine growing cacao, almonds, soy, or avocados with this tech, we’d be saving sooo much water

[@katiearthofer9544]

Greens are both high value and more delicate to ship than the items you mentioned, so they are a good products to grow on expensive land close to a city. Other produce, it'll be hard to overcome the cost savings of cheaper farmland.

[@jamaly77]

You know, people already grow avocados within the rainforest as a mixed culture in some countries. And I am ready to pay a premium for that quality so I can boycott your american / californian garbage. Even China has a more sustainable agriculture than the USA.

[@Souchirouu]

Go bother your local political representatives. This needs to happen, the sooner the better.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

As innovation within the industry improves, costs will come down and the free market will take over to boost it. Introducing government into this will probably slow it down and raise costs through inefficient bureaucracy.

[@ls200076]

@@NotKimiRaikkonen Depends on the government.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

@@ls200076 governments are not made for efficiency. They're slow and weighed down. Look at everything the government runs, the DMV, the VA, Amtrak, the post office, they're all horrific nightmares that the private sector does a better job with

[@iFireender]

It's really a physics question at this point, and how you source your power. The power to grow plants is needed. Indoors, it needs to come from electricity. Now, how do you produce that power? As a proponent of nuclear energy, if done properly, that's a solution, yes. But most people that are for something like this also think we should satiate our total need for power with solar energy. At this point, what you're doing is just capturing light energy with solar panels (inefficiently), converting it to electricity, transmitting it (inefficiently), and use it to light up LEDs (inefficiently). You'll need more space covered in solar panels than you would have if you just farmed your stuff there. Of course, if you don't have arable land, say, in Dubai or something, this makes more sense, but not in temperate climates, where basically anywhere you could easily put solar panels would also be arable land.

[@oliviatzeng4594]

Daniel Geneen this is amazing

[@amilton1015]

Amazing lesson

[@oliviatzeng4594]

I wish there were some questions asked about certain limitations of vertical farming. Such as lack in variety of plants and how they plan to mitigate that in the future.

[@ge2719]

lack of variety? just seems like these guys do salads. No reason farms like this cant exist for fruits, pods, pulses, roots etc.

[@klanny22]

Probably because leaves and those types of plants grow quickly and are easier to experiment with. Once they’ve got all the specifics down, there’s probably no reason why they can’t grow carrots or potatoes in the same system. The leaves are just quicker to grow, probably more financially stable than spending a lot of time trying to grow carrots then finding out it doesn’t work

[@kevinc9065]

Great point. Certain smaller plants like these will continue to be iterated upon through modification as mentioned. Anything that is a leaf/stem/root configuration probably won't deviate much from what is seen. It will be interesting how they tackle foods that grow on trees. That would be quite the engineering challenge.

[@zedrhyx1788]

@@ge2719 fruit's can also be produce this way it already works on strawberries

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

@@ge2719 apples, bananas, pears?

[@Enocan]

3:17 at first I thought someone was actually staring through the door XD

[@chcgo2undaground]

This is brilliant, the last two boxes of greens I bought were recalled for e.coli.....

[@KoloriGaming]

This and insect farms are gonna save us in the future tho. Looks very interesting nice to see some good stuff for the future.

[@leovomend8789]

i just hope they get a single guy in the team that cares about flavour, i know you mentioned it in the beginning about the seeds, but for example, in the Netherlands you get super efficient indoors vertical farming and a bleak taste in all fruits and veggies

[@JackrabbitCrafts]

Ive seen lots of complaints about the flavor of green house food. So ive begun to wonder if the issue is water. Water, pure water with no contaminants, has no taste, so it infact tastes unpleasant. Maybe its the many varied chemical contaminants in nature grown crops that infact make them taste better. But we’ll never find out until someone tests my theory.

[@twoplustwo5183]

@@JackrabbitCrafts It's a very strange assumption that "contaminants" are what makes the food taste good. Maybe it's just a combination of nutrients, that the crop can technically grow without, but gets lost by not growing in natural soil.

[@jamaly77]

@@JackrabbitCrafts One can tell that you have no idea about biology or chemistry. Wtf.

[@deedumeday518]

@@JackrabbitCrafts its not contaminants, its minerals and various other nutrients

[@kevinpeters6709]

I work for this company and R&D definitely cares about flavor. Our new in house developed red butter lettuce is amazing (and our basil is top notch)

[@D1KHEAD808]

Now this is what I’d consider a factory farm.

[@johnc8209]

My dads got the home version of this the at home grow system and it grows like crazy and so easy to keep up. I could imagine this as being the next best secret.

[@bepponen]

as always a great video

[@yanisyaici7785]

Bangers by eater once again thx for belssing us bois

[@sirdavidalot]

This whole factory has about 17 calories

[@15walkeen]

I was thinking that too. All I see is leafy vegetables, don't get me wrong still full of nutrients, but lacking in caloric density.

[@Kitajima2]

@@15walkeen It frees up arable farmland for stuff like feed, or free-range animals. There's your calories. Tbh Americans overeat anyways

[@cchavezjr7]

@@Kitajima2 American's don't overeat, they're sedentary compared to their consumption

[@Kitajima2]

@@cchavezjr7 For sure, it's a combination of both. And other factors like "food deserts" in low-income areas

[@ExxtremeGamma]

I literally had to replay the Squishing noise 00:58 , it's so satisfying

[@kevinpeters6709]

It is isn’t it? One of the best parts of my workdays

[@soolly357]

Love it, i will try this at home. Maybe get a square plastic pallet & do a small sample

[@Sopitive]

When you build your Minecraft farm in real life.

[@davidrogers2890]

Barley, wheat, sunflower, beans, and corn feed the world.

[@haught7576]

Rice too

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

and none can be farmed here lol

[@scrotumtotem7]

This is the future of farming wow, history in the making right here

[@furyjeff76]

This guy asks the right questions

[@arishem555]

those salads everywhere and it's still kinda expensive. so, what about tomatoes and potatoes? and I didn't hear anything related what kind of additives in the water to feed the plants.

[@0xszander0]

They do not share those details to protect their business. Which in turn makes it harder to start more businesses like this. Which in turn makes it harder to feed the world with it. Great.

[@crazykeejan6981]

@@0xszander0 In created a startup alredy figured a solution We now plant crops in high density.Like crops like cotton,wheat,maize,and sesame.So now they can produce high yields limited land.we have many cows so we spread tehir urine as organic pesticide,and their dung as fertilizer.We plant the wheat using a rake looking like plough.We dont make rows in our fields.We are able to get yields 7 times normal due to this method.We also no plant 5 maize plants per foot.5 X the average plant density per acre.We also feed our animals the waste of tehse plants.Such as peanut leaves,cotton plants,wheat husks,wheat straw,maize cobs,maize plants,rice stubble,and vegetabvle plants. this is all in idnia and we have a community of 400 farmers

[@iFireender]

those "additives" are just the stuff plants need to survive. Same as normal fertilizer. Cow dung etc. is just a low tech way to fertilize. If you know what exactly plants need, you can just mix those elements into the water, and they get it.

[@0xszander0]

@@iFireender For sure. However there is a lot of tech going on in these kinds of places. And figuring out the perfect needs for each kinds of plants is a massive amount of work. I think this stuff should never be allowed to be kept in house. Sharing information is key for a lower barrier of entry to make this mainstream. As an example, Tesla has laid out many of their patents for free and anyone to access and try to do the same. They know they can only grab a relatively small amount of the market alone.

[@iFireender]

@@0xszander0 It's... some fertilizer they buy from some factory. It isn't that "special".

[@michaelwescott8064]

Do they do anything other than leafy veg? Like berries or something.

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

It's the only veg that's suitable gor vertical farming.

[@philipcreamer4]

Look at Sunset farms tomato setup, cool system with vertically rotating tomato vines. Featured in a Brad Leone tomato sandwich video, they have neat tour. I think most hydroponic food has a rep for being bland, but I think it's partly due to using normal crop varieties engineered for shelf stability like the guy said.

[@michaelwescott8064]

@@philipcreamer4 I will when I get home today, thanks J.

[@struestorystudios9225]

Amazing, the future is promising.

[@soundtrancecloud5101]

Yeah living in the city sounds amazing now, see you in the next lockdown. Amazing tech and great video though.

[@98Bafana]

Food & population is not a problem. We could feed the world multiple times and still have waste. It's a distribution problem. Until people realize this we will continue down this rabbit hole of unnecessary farming practices.

[@danielkim9436]

Vertical farms can be grown by and in cities which eliminates need for long haul transportation which uses a lot of energy and renders food less fresh

[@crazykeejan6981]

@@danielkim9436 In india we alredy figured a solution We now plant crops in high density.Like crops like cotton,wheat,maize,and sesame.So now they can produce high yields limited land.we have many cows so we spread tehir urine as organic pesticide,and their dung as fertilizer.We plant the wheat using a rake looking like plough.We dont make rows in our fields.We are able to get yields 7 times normal due to this method.We also no plant 5 maize plants per foot.5 X the average plant density per acre.We also feed our animals the waste of tehse plants.Such as peanut leaves,cotton plants,wheat husks,wheat straw,maize cobs,maize plants,rice stubble,and vegetabvle plants.

[@cchavezjr7]

Not just distribution. Many countries have bought into the false claims of environmental organizations and will not use modern methods and seeds which would cause production per acre to skyrocket. There's more than enough land. The problem will be the water shortages. More and more water is being diverted away from agriculture and towards cities.

[@ashtweth]

The whole thing should be run off biogas. I am not sure about the nutrients as the soil needs probiotics and so do you. Biogas power should be looked into and could run many of these.

[@TheDarknessOfGames]

Love this

[@pyroteebeen1008]

It is crazy to think how much life the sun is responsoble for👌