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WWII Bomb Shelter Becomes Hi-Tech Salad Farm
asjk points out a story of how a World War II bomb shelter, situated 33 meters beneath the streets of London, has been turned into a high-tech hydroponic farm. "The growing system uses energy-efficient LEDs instead of sun, no pesticides, needs 70 percent less water than growing plants in open fields, and less energy than a greenhouse." The computer-controlled environment is designed to shorten the growth cycle of plants like coriander and radishes. They're currently only using about a quarter of the gear necessary to fill up the shelter, but they can produce 5,000-20,000 kilograms of food per year, depending on what they raise. Co-founder Steven Dring said, "We've got to utilize the spaces we've got. There's a finite amount of land and we can grow salads and herbs — which start losing flavor and quality as soon as you cut them — in warehouses and rooftops in cities near the people who will eat them. Use the rural land for things like carrots, potatoes and livestock."
a World War II bomb shelter, situated 33 meters beneath the streets of London, has been turned into a high-tech hydroponic farm.
"We had very little work to do to get it going, as it has been being used as a high tech hydroponic farm, wink, for decades."
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At a minimum, they're probably providing the plants with electrolytes...it's what plants crave.
Take it to the limit, everybody to the limit, come on, everybody fhqwhgads.
Insects aren't created from the ether.
Spontaneous generation says otherwise, though I appreciate that someone at least finally acknowledges the existence of the ether.
Take it to the limit, everybody to the limit, come on, everybody fhqwhgads.