Do domes make good greenhouses?
They show it sitting on some pretty prime real estate, and all those robots cost a lot of money. It has been pointed out on a number of our other vertical farm posts that the economics of vertical farms are questionable. But they make a case for it below: Hans Hassle, founder and CEO of Plantagon, is quoted on Engineering firm SWECO’s website: While the global population continues to expand at a rapid rate, 80% of all land suitable for crop production is already being used for other purposes. With traditional farming practices, the Earth’s arable land will not be sufficient to produce enough food for this growing population. In response to this challenge, Plantagon has collaborated with the consulting engineering company Sweco to develop a vertical greenhouse for the urban environment. “We need to find alternative ways to farm locally and space-efficiently. By the year 2050, 80% of people on Earth will live in urban centres,” We have therefore developed a greenhouse that enables us to
