Producing more food with less impact
Agriculture challenges
FOOD DEMAND
Continue to rise throughout the coming decades. UN FAO projects that food production must increase by 70% over the next 49 years to satisfy increasing demand
Food Security
Nine meals from anarchy
Cities have a mere 3 days' supply of food.
Shortages of food caused by strikes over fuel prices: 2018 (Brazil) and 2000 (UK).
Food miles
Fresh food travels over 1,500 miles in US.
Oil-dependent food system.
Complexity of logistics and distribution.
Food desert
Areas in cities with no access to healthy, nutritions and fresh foods
Solution
Farm vegetables on a commercial scale within urban idle outdoor spaces using methods and technologies that increase productivity, use organic waste and save water.
Advantages
Locally grown food (shorten “food miles”)
#eatlocal
#localvore
#freshfood
Insurance for food shortages
#health
#foodsecurity
#nutrition
Distribution not depend of fossil fuels
#gogreen
#savetheplanet
#climatechange
Increase productivity using vertical farming
#verticalgarden
#morewithless
#verticalfarming
Use urban idle spaces
#greenroof
#rooftop
#idlespace
Use local organic waste
#recycling
#zerowaste
#ecofriendly
Save water through smart irrigation system
#lesswater
#dripirrigation
#smartirrigation
Semi-automated monitoring and management
#smartfarming
#iot
#smartagriculture
Modular structures for fast setup and easy management
#easytouse
#convenient
#babiloniatec