I like the idea. Will it work?
Would it work on a small scale? In a backyard?
Highly subsidized vegetables. Just what we don’t need.
We’d be much further ahead if every family simply put in a Victory Garden in any open spaces they’ve got. No government subsidy or meddling required. Just get them the heck out of the way.
Half the country is using government subsidies to switch from fossil fuels to solar power.
And then these people find a way to use government subsidies to go from solar powered farming to fossil fuel powered farming.
Government subsidies: they can do anything!
I seem to remember reading that there are several companies doing this in nyc. One main advantage of this type of farming is the massive reduction of water required. I think it was around 20% of the water volume typically required. Could be useful in drought prone areas.
Thanks for the post. Interesting. I graduated from Pasadena High School, long, long ago.
Sounds like a ‘follow the money’ project. Plenty of vacant land it Texas. Just add water.
Consider the advantage of such greenhouses:
1. Highly-controlled growing environments, which means just about eliminating the need for pesticides and herbicides, not to mention being able to grow vegetables essentially year-round.
2. Very efficient water use, thanks to these greenhouses using hydroponics.
3. Because they can be located in urban areas, it means very low transportation costs and much higher quality of freshness of produce grown when finally sold at the retail level.
In short, we can effectively have farm-fresh produce of many types essentially year-round.