IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDyson builds fully automated glasshouse to grow strawberries sustainably year-round in the UKwww.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down110
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkDyson builds fully automated glasshouse to grow strawberries sustainably year-round in the UKwww.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoGreat idea. I wonder why they chose strawberries. Surely most vegetables are more popular and easier to grow.
minus-squareRedfox8@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoWe love strawberries in the UK. Definitely a good option. Pretty sure there are other crops grown using vertical farming by other companies as well.
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoHigh profit, easy grow and pollination. I wonder how they automate harvest though.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoRelatively easy to do with strawberries. Look up pictures of greenhouse cultivation of strawberries. You’ll see that the fruit all hang over the edge of the beds/trays. All you need is a robotic pickers with a color sensor on it.
Great idea. I wonder why they chose strawberries. Surely most vegetables are more popular and easier to grow.
We love strawberries in the UK. Definitely a good option. Pretty sure there are other crops grown using vertical farming by other companies as well.
High profit, easy grow and pollination. I wonder how they automate harvest though.
Relatively easy to do with strawberries. Look up pictures of greenhouse cultivation of strawberries. You’ll see that the fruit all hang over the edge of the beds/trays.
All you need is a robotic pickers with a color sensor on it.