Farming
Can we grow more and healthier food with less resources and emissions? This is one of the most fundamental sustainability challenges of the next 50 years. Happily, there are many positive examples to learn from. Californian start-up Iron Ox uses a ‘human led, robotics-first’ hydroponic growing system that consumes 90% less water over traditional farming while growing 30 times the crops per acre of land. Antwerp-based social enterprise PLNT re-uses shipping containers to create a climate-controlled environment for growing food that is CO2 neutral, reuses 95% of the water needed and runs on renewable energy. Of course we can!
— Wayne Visser
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