Pests and contamination sources are very abundant on the open field agriculture, the current means of solving this issue are by using large amounts of pesticides to try and save the season production. With more more consumers ditching the products affected this represents huge losses to the farmers! Also it is not enough said that the large existing transport lines oblige producers to harvest their products before maturity, wasting growth and nutritional value potential, which is then degraded during the long trips until it reaches the final consumer.

There is no doubt that current food production is unsustainable with the current population growth. The amount of deforestation for farming fields is immense and it is hurting our Natural cycles. With energy production moving to low carbon energy sources, we will be able to cut the large transport routes for horticultural products, too deliver fresher food to the final consumer, reduce GHG emissions, reduce environmental impacts related to the use of Pesticides and fertilizers in an uncontrolled manner. All this by creating a controlled environment that is able to offer the right conditions to grow year round!

I see CEA as the future of food production, where it will aid the large scale open field production but also produce vegetables and leafy greens right next to the final consumer