How are the energy requirements used in hydroponic farming versus conventional farming? What are your biggest takeaways from this data? Is hydroponics a viable (possible) agricultural method globally, or just for urban (city) areas? Why or why not? How is it a solution to specific urban challenges?
How are the energy requirements used in hydroponic farming versus conventional farming? What are your biggest takeaways from this data? Is hydroponics a viable (possible) agricultural method globally, or just for urban (city) areas? Why or why not? How is it a solution to specific urban challenges?
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How are the energy requirements used in hydroponic farming
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What are your biggest takeaways from this data?
Is hydroponics a viable (possible) agricultural method globally, or just for urban (city) areas? Why or why not? How is it a solution to specific urban challenges?
Transcribed Image Text:Comparison of Energy Requirements of Lettuce Grown Using Hydroponic vs.
Conventional
. 1,000,000
Hydroponic
Conventional
Circulation
Pumps
100,000
Supplemental
Lighting
Figure 3: (a) Modeled annual
energy use in kilojoules per
kilogram of lettuce grown in
10,000
Heating/
Coling
southwestern Arizona using
1,000
hydroponic vs. conventional
methods; (b) The energy use
breakdown related to the
Ful Usuge
100
hydroponic production of
lettuce; (c) The energy use
Groundwater
Pumping
breakdown related to the
conventional production of
lettuce (Error bars indicate
one standard deviation).
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Hydroponic farming is growing crops in water, without soil. All the nutrients are provided through the water system or in moist vermiculite. For urban dwellers, this farming is boon as they can grow food in minimal water and soil.
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