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Philips Is Revolutionizing Urban Farming With New GrowWise Indoor Farm
Kristine Lofgren writes: With arable land dwindling and the cost — both economically and environmentally — of growing and transporting food increasing, it's time to redefine farming. So Philips is creating a revolution with their new GrowWise indoor farm, which uses customized 'light recipes' in high-tech cells to grow plants that don't need pesticides or chlorine washes, and use a fraction of the water that traditional farming requires. The system can churn out 900 pots of basil a year in just one square meter of floor space, and bees keep things humming year-round for farming that is truly local, even in the middle of a city.
The new 234m facility, one of the world’s largest, will concentrate its research to optimize growth recipes for leafy vegetables, strawberries and herbs.
Hmm, what kind of herbs ?
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After you go through that much basil, you'll have the munchies something fierce, and a small area like that probably can't grow enough food to satisfy you.
Oh, actual basil. Got it.
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