Aeroponics farm plants grown in the air

Aeroponics is the process of growing plants without submersing the roots in soil of water. The roots of the plants are suspended in the air and sprayed with nutrient solution. This process limits water use and conserves soil resources, it’s pesticide free and is an excellent farming technique for areas with limited space.  Aeroponics is very expensive and highly technical, so it is not the easiest farm startup, nor is it the easiest system to keep maintained.
Aeroponics is the process of growing plants without submersing the roots in soil of water. The roots of the plants are suspended in the air and sprayed with nutrient solution. This process limits water use and conserves soil resources, it’s pesticide free and is an excellent farming technique for areas with limited space. Aeroponics is very expensive and highly technical, so it is not the easiest farm startup, nor is it the easiest system to keep maintained.

AeroFarms has developed a vertical farming system that can grow organic baby leafy greens in urban settings.

They’re doing it using aeroponics — the process of growing plants in mist without any soil — and plan to launch a branded product from a new 80,000-square-foot warehouse in Newark, New Jersey.

AeroFarms CEO and Co-Founder David Rosenberg talks to Bloomberg’s Sam Grobart about how the company is bringing their produce mainstream for Bloomberg’s “The Year Ahead: 2015” series.

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Aeroponics is the process of growing plants without submersing the roots in soil of water. The roots of the plants are suspended in the air and sprayed with nutrient solution. This process limits water use and conserves soil resources, it’s pesticide free and is an excellent farming technique for areas with limited space. Aeroponics is very expensive and highly technical, so it is not the easiest farm startup, nor is it the easiest system to keep maintained.

 

(Source: Bloomberg)