A little news article on the launch of Verticrop by Valcent. Here's what Valcent has published (taken from their website) as teh major benefits of the new system:
VertiCrop is an innovative and exciting vertical growing system which:
- Produces approximately 20 times the normal production volume for field crops
- Requires 5% of the normal water requirements for field crops
- Can be built on non arable lands and close to major city markets
- Can work in a variety of environments: urban, suburban, countryside, etc.
- Minimises or eliminates the need for herbicides and insecticides
- Will have very significant operating and capital cost savings over field agriculture
- Will drastically reduce transportation costs to market, resulting in further savings, higher quality and fresher foods on delivery and less transportation pollution
- Is modular and easily scalable from small to very large food production situations
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