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Indoor farming is a method of growing crops or plants, usually on a large scale, entirely indoors. This method of farming often implements growing methods such as hydroponics and utilizes artificial lights to provide plants with the nutrients and light level required for growth. A wide variety of plants can be grown indoors, but fruits, vegetables and herbs are the most popular.
Indoor farming often referred to as indoor gardening, can be used on both small and large scales. in home and commercially. However, indoor farming has a particular popularity in large cities where plots in land, in any size, are not readily available for growing and farming.
Why Indoor Farming?
Locally Grown Food
Can be assured of getting consistent crop production throughout the year
Space Optimization
Can design and build these farms in practically kinds of locations and climate, and still be assured of cultivating crops regardless of weather conditions.
Reduce Usage of Water
This mode of farming also fewer fertilizers and nutrients when compared tp conventional methods. Since the water is completely clean even after the usage.
Less Labor Costs
You wouldn’t need a massive chunks of labor for getting consistent, annual production. This process only requires individuals/laborers with low skills.
Advantages
Reliable year-round crop production
Unaffected by adverse weather conditions
Growing in a fully enclosed and climate-controlled environment completely eradicates the need to rely on or worry about the weather.
Better use of space
It goes without saying that traditional farms need fertile arable land. But vertical farms can be designed and built in any climate or location – irrespective of weather conditions or temperature extremes.
Minimise water usage
One of the main vertical farming benefits is that the Hydroponic growing process only uses about 10% of the amount of water, and as a result the nutrients and fertilisers, compared to traditional methods. Because the water is clean after usage, it also allows it to be recycled and reused, reducing costs and minimising waste.
Environmentally friendly
Indoor farming can be good for the environment because it massively reduces the amount of fossil fuels needed for farming equipment which is not required to sow, fertilize, weed or harvest crops.
No chemicals or pesticides
Growing food in a vertical farm, when managed correctly offers the opportunity to completely eliminates the need for pesticides – as pests cannot enter the controlled environment to cause crop damage and fungal diseases struggle to gain a foot hold as humidity levels are managed.
Reduce transport costs
When it comes to food production, the last-mile delivery is usually the most expensive part of the supply chain. And it’s not uncommon for crops to be shipped across continents and oceans.
Highly energy efficient
Whilst the use of LED lighting requires a significant amount of power to achieve optimum growth, vertical farms can also generate power.
Safe for staff
Traditional farming has gained an unwanted reputation for being a workplace fraught with health and safety risks. With no heavy machinery or chemicals used for indoor farming, it obviously does not boast the same occupational hazards – significantly reducing the risk of injury.
Low labour costs
Fully automated indoor growing systems do not need huge amounts of manual labour to achieve successful year-round production. People with low-level skills are still required to sort and pack harvests, but labour overheads will remain low – even if production is scaled upwards.