A Little Word Told Me

In the last few years with the increased awareness among the people about the harmful effects of the use of chemical fertilizers, a lot of companies have started marketing their products as organic and non-organic. However, these label stickers on food packaging haven’t been completely successful in gaining back the trust of health-conscious consumers. But what if there was a way   to produce plants and crops without soil, fertilizers and chemicals. Will that remove the doubt from a consumer’s mind? Can we grow plants without soil?  Soil, in scientific parlance, is the porous uppermost layer of Earth's crust that helps plants to grow. When I was in school, I was taught how different plants need different kinds of soils and climatic conditions to grow. And so I believed that without the right soil, you can’t grow the plants. I was sure that every state in India has its own set of fruits and vegetables to offer. But then I stumbled upon the concept of Aquaponics . Aquapon...

To make food production more sustainable, a circular project development company, Orbital Farms, is working to create a system by integrating biotech, energy and aquaponics. This is how they do it. As the coronavirus has enveloped the entire global population in its chaos and our whole nation has gone into lockdown, I, like many of my friends, have turned to the internet to engage my mind by reading all sorts of innovation stories published on various outlets. And this is how I came across this Forbes article . Published in March 2020, this article talked about how different food and biotech companies, across the globe, are working to develop climate independent, farm-free food systems that are sustainable and relatively environment- friendly. In it, they mentioned about a circular project development company - Orbital Farms - and how is it working to integrate different technologies. With the integration of Agritech, Biotech and other technologies, they'll be able to...