Vertical Agriculture Development Approaches by

alexglaros — 2023-10-27 21:00:20 UTC

Commercial Industrial Scenario Description

alexglaros — 2023-10-27 22:25:03 UTC

An Abbotsford resident rides their bike a short fifteen minutes to their local farm. After locking their bike, they walk through a doorway into a cool hallway, past a window framing a scene of an active warehouse lit by purple grow lights, with spinning conveyor belts and a team of 10 people harvesting and placing produce delicately in clam-shell packages. The local resident proceeds into a retail shop next to the growing warehouse, selects a head of romaine lettuce, a package of microgreens, and two pints of strawberries from the produce aisle.

alexglaros — 2023-10-27 22:38:38 UTC

Community Development Scenario Description

alexglaros — 2023-10-27 22:38:38 UTC

A volunteer for a community food organization walks downstairs from the food pantry to the basement. On the left are boxes and odd trinkets from community programs run over the years, and they hear the slow gurgle of water draining into plastic totes straight ahead of them. The sound is the ebb-and-flow hydroponic grow system the organization purchased three months ago. The volunteer pulls back the translucent plastic sheets that dim the glow of the grow lights, and then they enter the harvest room. Using a clean pair of scissors, they harvest spinach and microgreens for the next hour, and then wash it before bringing the produce upstairs to the pantry for donation

alexglaros — 2023-10-27 22:39:17 UTC

Mixed-Use Scenario Description

alexglaros — 2023-10-27 22:39:17 UTC

Exiting their apartment door, a resident grabs a plastic bag and takes the elevator down to the basement of their 8-story apartment building. The metal doors slide open. They turn right, walking another 10 meters past the carpark doors to the farm entrance. They greet the grower, who is crouched down reading the pH level of one of the nutrient water reservoirs. The grower is another building resident, receiving a rent discount to manage the grow facility between 5-8pm three nights a week. The resident selects a bundle of butterhead lettuce and taps their credit card on the way out, heading upstairs to prepare dinner.

Questions

alexglaros — 2023-11-27 08:46:10 UTC

Which site suitability criteria are most important for each development approach?

What development approaches are you most/least excited about?

alexglaros — 2023-11-27 08:52:07 UTC