Canada: To boldly grow – North Vancouver company builds system for deep space farming
“The problem with urban farming and homegrown food is the fact that the volume that you can produce is just too small.
By Nick Laba, Alanna Kelly
North Shore News
Jan 20, 2023
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“The real intention of the program is to develop and accelerate food applications that could be used for terrestrial applications here on earth,” Scheider said. “To feed refugee camps, to use this type of system in combination with regular field agriculture as well, or you could do propagation of the crops to speed up the amount of food that you can grow.”
It could even be used in urban settings, according to Ecoation CEO Saber Miresmailli.
“The problem with urban farming and homegrown food is the fact that the volume that you can produce is just too small. And the reason monoculture in agriculture is very successful is because they can do large volumes,” he said.
The modular nature of this system means you could theoretically stack hundreds of these growing shelves, functionally converting a city building into a farm.
“I think a practice like this can actually make urban farming far more real than what is it right now,” Miresmailli said.
