Remake of Light Farming: Pros & Con by Virginia Peters

Based on information you read in the article, what are some benefits of using LED light farming to grow plants/food?

vpeters2 — 2019-03-20 01:47:54 UTC

Based on information you read in the article, what are some negative effects of using LED light farming to grow plants/food?

vpeters2 — 2019-03-20 01:48:02 UTC

Cons Hope

2019-03-21 14:09:14 UTC

The negative things about using LED lights is because they get too hot and they can affect the plants/food growing. They also are less expensive which makes it easy to afford. They aren't very power efficient.

Pros- Zach

40688 — 2019-03-21 14:12:49 UTC

You can grow more in a year with LEDs According to the article, “ speedy year round crop cycles.”

LEDs are changing the vitamin level in the plant

You don’t use pesticides

It’s less expensive to buy the LEDs
The power bill is smaller

Violet

2019-03-21 14:14:51 UTC

Pros: When gardening indoors with the now tec you can grow plants all year long, You can also effect the time the plants grow so you can get more plants faster
Cons: The led lights are not very power efficient and they can get very hot and effect the plants growing

Pros~ Hope

2019-03-21 14:15:47 UTC

Pros~Hope

401102 — 2019-03-21 14:17:25 UTC

Something good about LEDs are They are less expensive and they change the amount of vitamins in the plant . when you use LED lights you don't . use pesticides

Cons-Zach

40688 — 2019-03-21 14:19:48 UTC

LEDs might change the taste of a plant to something that tastes foul

Mack

2019-03-21 14:42:52 UTC

Cons according to the article using LED lights for growing plants can make the plants taste different.

Mack

2019-03-21 14:46:12 UTC

Pros according to the article using LED lights can be good for the farmers because the food can be worth more money.

Zaid

2019-04-01 14:05:30 UTC

Growing plants in Led lights can make a plant more different because you are not planting it in nature, so it some effects on the plant.

Zaid

2019-04-01 14:10:55 UTC

The good effects of ushering indoor framing is that you can grow a plant all year so, shipping is not needed, it also reduces air pollution if indoor framing is all over the world.It may end hunger because your are planting the plant inside instead of planting it out side which costs more money.

Alexis~

2019-04-01 14:32:45 UTC

Pros: With gardening indoors with LED lights, you can grow plants all year round. You can also effect the time you want the plants to grow so you can have more plants. According to the article, “Marcelis says they can change the light to confuse the plants’ normal growing schedule.”

Elise (moo)

651801 — 2019-04-01 15:41:59 UTC

If you garden indoors with LED lights, you can control the nutrients the plants get and what weather the plants are exposed to.

Elise

651801 — 2019-04-01 15:46:22 UTC

If grown wrong, the plants could die. They might not get enough water Or the wrong kind of light if they are not grown by experts.

Eyon-pros

371802 — 2019-04-01 16:01:40 UTC

According to the text LED lightes are good because they save money, space, and land.

Eme\pros

407343 — 2019-04-02 14:48:10 UTC

Pros: According to the article LED lights are less expensive and if you want to grow thing all year round LED lights are good for that

Pros of Indoor Farming

588193 — 2019-04-02 14:53:28 UTC

According to the article, one pro of indoor farming is that when you use LED lights the plants can grow faster, and may even have more nutrition! Those are some of the pros of indoor farming.

Ally^^

59284 — 2019-04-02 14:54:36 UTC

The plants grow indoors so, they can grow all year long. According to the article, LED lights make the plants even out their vitamins. You can choose when to stop growing the plants. It could HELP not solve world hunger.

Eme/cons

407343 — 2019-04-02 14:55:22 UTC

According to the article, LED lights make the plants taste different than they taste without the LED lights. They can also get to warm and effect the plants.

588193 — 2019-04-02 14:58:35 UTC

According to the article, a con of indoor farming is sometimes the LED lights may not work correctly, therefore making the plant taste different, and may not grow like a normal plant.

Pros - Christian

41645 — 2019-04-02 14:58:43 UTC

According to the article, “LEDs allow speedy, year-round crop cycles.”
Also according to the article, “Growing year-round, no matter the weather, Zelkind can produce 15 or more crops a year.”

512803 — 2019-04-02 15:00:00 UTC

One pro of having an indoor farm is the LED lights. LED lights are cheaper than regular lights, and they make plants grow faster and bigger. Also, the article mentions that, “Most greenhouses used high-pressure sodium lamps. The lamps use too much power and are too hot. Greenhouses are using both HPS and LED lighting.” HPS and LED lights don’t use to much energy, which is better for the plants.

371802 — 2019-04-02 15:03:37 UTC

According to the text LED lights can make plants die and/or make them taste different.

Alexis~

2019-04-02 15:08:38 UTC

Cons:

Ally^^

59284 — 2019-04-02 15:08:54 UTC

 According to the article, critics say “Foods like corn, wheat and rice cannot be grown indoors.” Therefore, it will not solve or help world hunger very effectively. The article also states that, “To build enough indoor farms for billions of people would be absurdly expensive.” Even though LED like gets are cheap, making tons of LED farms for billions of people would be very expensive.

Cons - Christian

41645 — 2019-04-02 15:09:54 UTC

It could be very expensive to build many indoor farms with LED’s. You can’t grow corn, wheat and rice indoors with LED’s. It could also make the food’s taste different.

Alexis~

2019-04-02 15:10:07 UTC

Cons: According to the article, critics argue saying " Foods like corn, wheat and rice, cannot be grown indoors." And, the argue saying that the food growing isn't enough to feed a large population of people.

Pros - Jacob

2019-04-03 16:20:31 UTC

According to the text if the plants were grown by LED lights then they would be worth more money.

Cons - Jacob

2019-04-03 16:29:09 UTC

According to the text the LED can make the food taste different.

512803 — 2019-04-04 14:38:00 UTC

One con of indoor farming is not being able to make sertain plants. As the article mentions, “Important foods like corn, wheat and rice cannot be grown indoors.” The article mentions that those are important, but if we can’t grow those in indoor farms there could be a chance that they get grown less and less. That is a problem.

417901 — 2019-04-04 14:57:01 UTC

According to the text if they were grown with LED’s they can’t be on the shelf for a long time.

417901 — 2019-04-04 14:58:08 UTC

According to the text it is cheaper to grow plants with LED’s.

Sophie Stachurski

40475 — 2019-04-04 16:16:45 UTC

According to the text you can save money growing plants indoor.

Sophie Stachurski

40475 — 2019-04-04 16:17:29 UTC

A pro growing plants inside is that some foods can’t be grown inside.

Jenny

2019-04-09 14:59:41 UTC

A pro of indoor farming is that you can grow plants in the winter. A supporting detain from the text: “Growing year-round, no matter the weather outside, Zelkind can produce 15 or more crops a year.“

Jenny

2019-04-09 15:09:57 UTC

A con of indoor farming is that not all plants can grow with LED lights, some proofe from the texts is: “
Critics argue that indoor farming will not feed the planet and reverse the environmental harm of industrialized agriculture. Foods like corn, wheat and rice cannot be grown indoors.”

Jenny

2019-04-09 15:09:59 UTC

Jenny

2019-04-09 15:10:00 UTC

Jenny

2019-04-09 15:10:02 UTC

Jenny

2019-04-09 15:10:07 UTC

Jenny

2019-04-09 15:10:08 UTC