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mhornberger t1_jaasfec wrote

To a point. At the moment it only works economically for some crops. Greens mainly, though some are expanding to cucumbers, berries, tomatoes, and a bit else. But fruits and vegetables don't represent the bulk of the acreage we use, unfortunately.

V. farms will have a role, I think. But the real land/water savings will come from cultured meat and the rest of cellular agriculture. Plus companies like Solar Foods and others using hydrogenotrophs to make analogues of flour and plant oils, with no need of arable land. A bag of flour and liter of cooking oil made in a bioreactor will represent a much more significant revolution than tomatoes and berries grown in vertical farms.

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riceandcashews t1_jadhu41 wrote

>A bag of flour and liter of cooking oil made in a bioreactor will represent a much more significant revolution than tomatoes and berries grown in vertical farms.

I came here to say this.

Vertical farms work great for mid-sized crops (strawberries or tomatoes), but not small (like wheat/corn) or large (like almond trees or apple trees). But bioreactors are going to be in serious play using bacteria to grow food in vats (yum, who doesn't want vat flour and vat oil? lol we'll get used to it)

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