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Future Technologies: Vertical Farming
Rick Novak and Joseph Scarpinato
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What the heck is it?
• Think of it as a multi-storied greenhouse
• Located at the heart of the world’s urban centers
• Totally self-contained• Like having a huge
plantation on mere hundreds of square feet
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Overview of Technology
• Cheap
• Controlled Output
• Less Pesticides
• Less Resources
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Audience
• Urban Planners
• Venture Capitalists
• Food Retailers
• Governments
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Population Demands
• By 2050, global
population will exceed
9,085,000,000.
• How will they be fed?
• 1,000,000,000,000 acres
will be needed to feed
this population.
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Building
• $100 million per
facility
• 10,000 sq. feet
• 21 stories tall
• Steel super structure
• 100% artificial light
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Start-Up
• Begin with lettuce
• Easy to grow
• Provide good
feedback for other
crops
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Yield
• 470 tons per vertical acre
• Using only 2.1bls of water per lb of lettuce
produced
• $1.90 average price for head of lettuce
• Over $25 million in net income
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Benefits
• Decreased water
waste
• Increased place utility
(less land used)
• More fresh
vegetables
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Benefits continued…
• Non variable costs
• Known output
• Central location
easier for distribution
• Controllable
environment
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More Benefits
• Year round crop production
• Easy to administrate for small/poor countries
• Returns current, traditional farmland to nature
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Environmental Impact
• Self sustaining
• Purified urban “gray”
water
• Solar powered
• Geo thermal heat for
warmth
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Environmental Impact continued…
• Eliminates agricultural waste runoff
• Recycle bio waste as compost
• No trafficked waste through urban centers
• Air purification benefits
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Conclusion
• Cheaper to grow food
• Easy to setup
• Lower environmental
impact
• Sustainable food
supply
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