Thursday, January 21, 2010 00:00

Vertical farm Vertical hydroponic farm units in the skyscrapers of our cities could dramatically increase the food supply by 2020. At Paignton Zoo, which has built one of the first vertical farms in the world. Science [So what? So] all I met Catherine Mortimer, a gardener at the zoo, to know what it means to be a farmer's all vertical.
Farms vertical Paignton Zoo Environmental Park Paignton Zoo
Environmental Park has installed a vertical farm developed by Valcent (EU) based near Cornwall. The farm produces food for zoo animals in a special system that grows plants in trays stacked fed only by water, not soil or compost. This is called hydroponics . The water is mixed with exactly the right nutrients of crops need to thrive so that growth can be faster than conventional farming.


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In the future managers of vertical farms, and Catherine (above), may come from agriculture or horticulture is not only, but also a wide range of scientific disciplines such as engineering and commerce.
The anticipated shortage of food to feed the world's population can lead to the installation of vertical farms, especially in cities where they provide food near where a large number of people live.
In many places, the water used for crop irrigation is becoming increasingly salty. Reflections TechCast predicts that in the decade of 2020 to 30% of the world's agricultural land will be contaminated salt water, which reduces the productivity of about 2 million hectares currently in human use. But it also predicts that TechCast nanofiltration technology that can remove salt is cheap enough to avoid a water crisis by 2024. Organic farming

farming techniques are also expected to be increasingly adopted by farmers current due to a combination of pressure from customers and regulatory control of chemical fertilizers for the year 2023. But at the same time, the expectation is that the needs of the world's population will lead to the adoption growing genetically modified (GM) food , particularly in developing countries. Career Information

If you are interested in becoming a potential future producer , Take a look at our article on joining careers in agriculture and horticulture: So you want to be a farmer vertical ?
You can also download the pdf of a fact sheet races.
If you are a parent or caregiver, can take a look at our ideas for parents and carers with young children and our tips for parents and carers with adolescents and older children .