It’s markets. Vertical farming will do better in singapore or China or maybe even India..possibly MENA region because their diet involves a lot more than lettuce.
Altho with the exception of Middle East and possibly Singapore, other regions will be severely constrained wrt energy requirements, infrastructure.
It is kind of a minor tragedy that due to American poverty of imagination and a lack of culinary heritage, all our indoor vegetables are lettuce and all our vat grown meat resembles burgers. We can’t seem to progress beyond burger meat and lettuce even with cutting edge tech.
Perfect day makes dairy that doesn’t require cows. And what is their first product? Ice cream. It’s all very depressing. In 500 years, when we run out of natural resources and when our food comes from fermentation tanks, veggies from vertical farms and is 3D printed...we will all be eating burgers and salad and ice cream.
Singapore is different compared to China or India because it has pretty high population density but acute shortage of land that can be used for farming. It is also a country that likes to plan ahead and have contingency measures to reduce dependencies/risk and actually has the political climate, knowledge and willingness to do what is necessary. I think it'll achieve great efficiency in this field.
singapore is my favourite example for ..pretty much everything. they are already doing great with indoor ag. and also shiok..for cell based seafood alternative. https://shiokmeats.com/
the only bad thing about singapore for me is the humidity. i struggle when i am outdoors in singapore. i cant handle it anymore. otherwise..my motto to other wannabe city states: be like singapore!
Altho with the exception of Middle East and possibly Singapore, other regions will be severely constrained wrt energy requirements, infrastructure.
It is kind of a minor tragedy that due to American poverty of imagination and a lack of culinary heritage, all our indoor vegetables are lettuce and all our vat grown meat resembles burgers. We can’t seem to progress beyond burger meat and lettuce even with cutting edge tech.
Perfect day makes dairy that doesn’t require cows. And what is their first product? Ice cream. It’s all very depressing. In 500 years, when we run out of natural resources and when our food comes from fermentation tanks, veggies from vertical farms and is 3D printed...we will all be eating burgers and salad and ice cream.