Here's an interesting page with video of a Dutch indoor farming project. All light comes from LEDs.
http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/14/dutch-plantlab-revolutionizes-farming-no-sunlight-no-windows-less-water-better-food/ On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I like the high-tech approach to agriculture, but the hazmat suites and >> the water sterilization seem a little anachronistic -- like a 1960s take on >> what the future will be like. >> > > Apparently it reduces spoilage. They do not do anything there by accident > or without careful testing. NHK says government and industry is pouring > money into the technology. They say it has been revolutionized since the > 1990s, with a tremendous increase in output and reduction in spoilage. > > > >> The view here in California looks a little different, with the farmers' >> markets and the locavore movement -- people are wanting food to be less >> high-tech rather than more high tech. >> > > My guess is that people will say they want one thing but they will buy > another. What they want in Europe and Japan is cheap but tasty food without > blemishes. Organic food does not sell well in Japan because, for example, > oranges are blemished with insect bites and they are of different sizes and > shapes. > > - Jed > > -- Frank Acland Publisher, E-Cat World <http://www.e-catworld.com> Author, The Secret Power Beneath <https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/>
