Feeding the population of the planet, 8 million and growing, is a fundamental challenge for the 21st century. The green revolution that began in the 1950s relied on massive chemical inputs, in fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Today, environmental concerns, plus a warming climate and limited agricultural land has been the impetus for new ideas in agriculture. Could we go below the surface and use advanced technology to allow food production anywhere, including cities?
Montreal, Canada-based Greenforges has developed a novel vertical system that allows agricultural production almost anywhere, without the traditional constraints of weather, irrigation or land-use. It’s harder than it looks to grow food underground, and development uses advanced tools to iterate cost-effectively. Joining engineering.com’s Jim Anderton to describe the technology and how simulation was essential in its development is Jamil Madanat from Greenforges and Carl Poplawsky, Engineering Services Manager at Maya HTT.
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Greenforges uses advanced engineering simulation tools to iterate a novel way to grow crops deep below the surface.
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Feeding the population of the planet, 8 million and growing, is a fundamental challenge for the 21st century. The green revolution that began in the 1950s relied on massive chemical inputs, in fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Today, environmental concerns, plus a warming climate and limited agricultural land has been the impetus for new ideas in agriculture. Could we go below the surface and use advanced technology to allow food production anywhere, including cities?
Montreal, Canada-based Greenforges has developed a novel vertical system that allows agricultural production almost anywhere, without the traditional constraints of weather, irrigation or land-use. It’s harder than it looks to grow food underground, and development uses advanced tools to iterate cost-effectively. Joining engineering.com’s Jim Anderton to describe the technology and how simulation was essential in its development is Jamil Madanat from Greenforges and Carl Poplawsky, Engineering Services Manager at Maya HTT.
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