Yeah I think indoor farming / vertical farming is going to be the ultimate answer. Much more efficient in every way, including resource use, water, pesticide, etc.
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doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 year agoIn the future, it would be cool to see the steel frames facilitate rails that equipment could ride on and work the field beneath. Perhaps it could even be moved by water pressure, since similar equipment in the shape of large scale sprinklers already exists.
SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Not more efficient use of Gravel. Unless the person’s government requires water-barriers/floodwalls on fields for some reason. But yeah, indoor is great, I’ve personally been experimenting with bulbs in rock wool. They don’t seem as likely to bloom on the first cycle, but otherwise they’ve been thriving.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That, or design panels that can be rotated over the combine as it passes, and back into place. I’m thinking driverless combine that wouldn’t look anything like the ones we have now. I also have no idea what this would entail.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 year ago
I think it would be less efficient to move the panels than just build a structure where they aren’t in the way.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For sure, not too mention the maintenance headache, but moving them is like way cooler