Comment on 3D-printed carrot does not rely on large areas of land or maintenance costs, can be cheaper
spittingimage@lemmy.world 11 months agoIt says exactly what the point is in the article: reducing dependence on imports when there’s not enough arable land to feed a population.
cyd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Urban farming is the way to go for that. Modern crop plants are really very efficient organisms. It is highly doubtful that lab growing cells (which is hardly free of overhead) will be able to compete with that.
frezik@midwest.social 11 months ago
Urban farming . . . in Qatar?
But I agree that this should be compared with hydroponics system with efficient water recycling.