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CriminalizeGolf t1_ivzo1tl wrote

Reply to comment by PLATINUMSILVER700 in What will be future like next 5 years, 10 or 15 years. by nowaysingh

Vertical farming might take off for greens and other low calorie vegetables over the next few decades but it is incredibly unrealistic to expect staple crops like grains, corn, legumes, etc to be mass produced with vertical farming any time soon.

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Lejeune_Dirichelet t1_iw69gkk wrote

That's in no small part due to the fact that our current species of crops were selected to be grown conventionally, where height doesn't matter but disease and weather resilience is very important; not optimized for the very different requirements of indoor farming. Once LEDs fall further in costs and dwarf species of staple crops come onto the market, then we will start seeing indoor farming of those too.

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CriminalizeGolf t1_iwa27qz wrote

Still doubtful. High calorie staple crops simply require far more light to grow than greens do. That's just physics.

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