- This farm would be designed along the same lines of the Aerofarms‘ Newark project farm, employing similar technologies to grow food. - Innovative aeroponics system that involves spraying a mist of nutrient solution on top if the cultivated crops in order to make them grow - The farm would also run on renewable energy such as solar energy and biogas. - The farm would not utilize large quantities of soil as a growth medium. Instead, plants would take root in a medium called micro fleece – a textile membrane that is stretched across modular, stacked planter boxes. - The process also involves recycling water and reuse of irrigated runoff. This not only helps saving water, it also allows recirculation of unabsorbed nutrients. - No pesticides or chemical fertilizers would be required to be used on the plants as the growing medium is in itself a nutrient solution and it is grown
Figure 54: overhead LED lights for crop growth
in near sterile conditions. - This vertical farm is capable of growing more produce per square meter area when compared to conventional farming. - The system would also comprise of monitoring equipment that constantly monitors the carbon dioxide and temperature through sensors and adjust it according to the requirements of ideal growth of crops. - There are also sensors to monitor the wavelength and colour of the light that the plant receives through overhead LED‘s and the duration and intensity of light according to specific requirements of photoperiod for each species. 75
