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Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by contravariant on Friday July 06, 2018 @09:49AM (#17471332)
>7) In hydroponics you can control the taste of the product by the light spectrum and nutrients. Some customers ask for specific tastes, which is something farms can't provide.

I think you're selling farmers short there, I reckon quite a few of them could affect the taste of their produce, but can't because the market just buys from them in bulk with no regard for taste.

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Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by hanniabu on Friday July 06, 2018 @09:54AM (#17471371)
Yes and no. If they put the resources into it I'm sure they might be able to, but the flavor change comes from the light spectrum and nutrients so that'd be very difficult for them to control out in the open elements.
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Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by regularfry on Friday July 06, 2018 @11:25AM (#17472157)
So what you're saying is that small batch sizes allow varied products to be produced at low cost with a low overheads? Wonder where I've heard that before...
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Re:Is Vertical Farming Really the Future of Agriculture? by ghthor on Saturday July 07, 2018 @01:59PM (#17479617)
Apple farms in my experience can have so many different flavours and varieties. Always stop at Apple farms and hopefully go pick some of your own. The store apples will never seem the same.
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