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Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by keithnz on Thursday July 05, 2018 @11:12PM (#17468586)
we ( http://www.mywildeye.com/ ) are doing a lot of IoT stuff on the west coast of California, New Zealand, and Australia in the agricultural space. You can do a lot lot better with water usage simply by understanding what your water is doing.
Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by rorykoehler on Friday July 06, 2018 @12:39AM (#17468875)
You can do better but you will never beat hydro
Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by jsilence on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:30AM (#17469104)
yield of hydroponic wheat is significantly lower than conventional production in soil. Prof. Bugbee and team worked on this at NASA.
Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by rorykoehler on Friday July 06, 2018 @02:25AM (#17469368)
Thanks will check it out. Goes against everything I've experienced