In Pomona, California, California State Polytechnic University plant science teacher Terry Fujimoto thinks believes that the future of farming lies in the roots of the leafy green plants that he and his students grow in streams of water in the campus green house. This program, run by California State Polytechnic University's agriculture professor , is a part of a project trying to use hydroponics, a method of farming using water instead of soil. The purpose of hydroponics is to expose th roots directly into a little bit of water in stead of planting it in the soil. This uses a lot less water than traditional farming in fields and is designed to bring farming into cities where consumers of produce are concentrated. this will save a lot of water and energy in the long run since there are no need for tractors or much manual labor.
-Andrew Campbell
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/21/urban.agriculture.ap/index.html
Nice, I have heard about this before. It seems a perfected version would greatly increase food production.
ReplyDeleteThis would really help save a lot of time and it would also require less space than normal farming takes up. It would also save more water, it would make farming easier to do and maybe more people would farm so the US wouldn't have to import as much food from foreign countries.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is so amazing words can't describe it! I really would not have to spend as much money on water and energy so i really hope this invention progresses.
ReplyDeleteThis would really help the economy a lot and is a very useful invention. It would help to save money, space, and probably space as well. It is probably a bad invention for farmers' though :/! This is really cool!
ReplyDeleteIt might be useful, but what would happen to farmers? Also, the plants might not be as healthy without the minerals from the soil and sunlight.
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