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A peek inside the high-tech Detroit farm where they grow these salads

See video here.

Each salad is named after a Detroit neighborhood

By Michelle Oliver, Multimedia Journalist,
Live in the D, Detroit
November 1, 2021
(Must see. Mike)

Excerpt:

The first step is still the same as a regular farm, you have to plant the seeds, they just do it in a high-tech way. Trays filled with dirt that are labeled with the date and what will be planted in them are sent through a machine that punches a hole into the dirt and fills it with the proper seed. After getting a drink, the seeds are left to germinate either in total darkness or in some light, depending on what works best for that particular plant.

Once they sprout, they are then moved to a bright purple-colored room to grow. The room takes on this color because of the horticulture lights they are using. According to Simon Yevzelman, the Leader of Food Safety & Bio Security, the plants prefer the red and blue wavelengths of light to grow, so to save energy that is all they give them.

But it’s not just the sunlight they are mimicking, it’s the wind too. They’ve installed evaporative cooling pads that essentially look like long strips of corrugated cardboard. Water is pumped up to the tops of the pads to trickle down them when the temperature of the room gets too high. This will pull energy out of the air (to evaporate the water), causing the temperature to drop and creating a gentle breeze. It’s essentially temperature, humidity, and wind control all in one.

Read the complete article here.