An environmentally sustainable floating solar farm, that makes it possible to meet the rising demand for food, could well signify the future of growing food. This post from Eco Watch sheds light on the concept of a sustainable, solar-powered vertical farm. The world is less than 40 years away from a serious problem: producing enough food for 9 billion mouths. But with climate ... Continue Reading
Hydroponics
(BeWellBuzz) Hydroponics is a process in which soil is not used for anchoring plants. It can be broadly categorized in two categories - one in which a growing medium is used and one in which no growing medium is used. In the conventional method, plants derive essential nutrients from the soil. This is not the case in hydroponics, in which nutrients are delivered to plants ... Continue Reading
Growing Food With Aquaponics
(BeWellBuzz) Aquaponics is basically an innovative and a modern approach to food production that combines the best of natural principles of hydroponics and aquaculture. By engineering the cultivation of fish as well plants in a systematic, soilless system, the process of Aquaponics uses natural mechanisms, resulting in the production of safe, organic fish and food products all ... Continue Reading