RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: News Flow You do however seem to know enough about the indoor agriculture business. In your opinion, does URBFhave a "better" techonology than its competitors? I have been told that it produces more economically than other forms of indoor growing techniques.
I can produce more BS than a bull but can't always seem to get it to grow a money tree. :-)
The answer is I dunno. Not enough information.
In Iceland they grow bananas indoors and have considered producing them commercially with cheap geothermal heating. In the mountains of Idaho, there are alligator farms that produce monsters larger than any farms in Florida. The food is free for at least one because the gators are fed the leftovers from tropical fish [tilapia] cleaning that are also grown indoors. Thus the size. A large rose-growing and tilapia nursery is located at Lightning Dock, NM, that also depends on geothermal heat and should soon get power with new ultra-low temperature technology squeezing a few kilovolts out of the tepid waters.
Perhaps you have seen one of many blurbs on hydroponic rooftop farms in Gaza. Advanced technology is not in evidence but circumstances and necessity would obviously be a blessing in such a place.
All depend on ambient lighting, as does Alturras Systems with its cumbersome moving platforms.
Illicit marijuana growers are probably top dogs with indoor lighting but I don't suppose their bookkeeping is real good.
Lots of ways to skin a cat but selling it is the tough part. URBF is beginning to show its hand there.
Sure wish you and your friends the best of luck. Not sure you will even need luck in a - umm - growing field.
BTW hydroponics has been very successful for a very long time with tomatoes. The tomatoes obtained premium prices without the silly organic nonsense but may have been impacted by the wacko hyper-selling job of fanatics doing more harm than good to the environment.
All JMO.
Best, Terry