Um novo conceito de produção de ali

Um novo conceito de produção de alimentos está dando o que falar entre arquitetos e ambientalistas nas principais metrópoles do mundo: as fazendas verticais, que são estruturas de edifício cuja atividade nos seus andares é a agricultura. Criado pelo biólogo Dickson Despommier, em 1999, o método seria como grandes estufas em cada pavimento que, para cultivar as hortaliças, frutas e demais culturas, utilizariam a hidroponia (método de cultivo que não usa terra, mas água e minerais). Alguns projetos contemplam também a criação de aves e peixes nos primeiros pisos.
Mas, por que praticar a agricultura em um edifício? Algum problema com as fazendas tradicionais? Bom, como todos sabem, as terras para cultivo de alimentos e criação de animais para consumo humano estão cada vez mais escassas. Com mais de 9 bilhões de bocas para serem alimentadas em 2050, como conseguir comida para todos? Além da falta de espaço, a dependência de chuva, de sol, umidade e outras variáveis climáticas faz com que haja perdas de produção de até 40%. Não dá mais para ficar a mercê das conseqüências do aquecimento global para produzir alimentos. E a fazenda vertical, onde plantas e animais são criados em ambiente fechado, com temperatura, umidade, emissão de gás carbônico e iluminação controladas, vem para acabar com este problema. O desmatamento também seria reduzido drasticamente.
Os pontos positivos deste tipo de produção alimentar são muitos: além de consumir 30% menos água, por conta da hidroponia, a principal vantagem é a proximidade com o consumidor, diminuindo os custos de transporte e as emissões de gases de efeito estufa decorrentes. A incidência de pragas também seria reduzida, assim como o uso de agrotóxicos. E o lixo gerado pode ser utilizado para produzir energia em iluminação e para manter a temperatura interna.
A grande desvantagem da fazenda vertical está no seu alto custo de implantação e desenvolvimento das atividades. Construir estufas verticais de grande porte com todo o aparato para controlar o cultivo de vegetais e animais num ambiente urbano ainda é muito caro. Tanto é que, apesar da ideia ter surgido em 1999, ainda não existe nenhuma fazenda vertical no mundo, como a que foi idealizada pelo seu criador. O que existem são protótipos de fazendas, ou modelos reduzidos, digamos assim. Isso porque a ideia, por ser bastante sintonizado com a otimização dos recursos naturais para atender às necessidades da humanidade, está sendo testada e aprimorada para dar certo.
Faça uma rápida pesquisa e você verá que muitos países tem vários projetos dessas “roças high tech”. Assim como foi com o celular (lembra como eram caros e grandes os primeiros aparelhos?), assim já está sendo com as fazendas verticais. A meu ver, elas não vêm para acabar com as fazendas tradicionais, mas para ser mais uma aliada na luta contra a fome e pela sustentabilidade.

Resultados (Inglês) 1:

A new concept of food production is giving the talk among architects and environmentalists in major cities of the world: vertical farms, which are building structures whose activity in its floors is agriculture. Created by biologist Dickson Despommier, in 1999, the method would be as large greenhouses in every pavement, to cultivate the vegetables, fruit and other crops, would use the hydroponics (cultivation method that does not use land, but water and minerals). Some designs include also creating birds and fish in the first floor.But, why practice agriculture in a building? A problem with the traditional farms? Well, as you all know, the land for growing food and raising animals for human consumption are increasingly scarce. With more than 9 billion mouths to be fed in 2050 as getting food for all? In addition to the lack of space, dependence on rain, sunshine, humidity and other climate variables causes there are production losses of up to 40%. I can't be at the mercy of the consequences of global warming to produce food. And the vertical farm, where plants and animals are raised in confinement, with temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide emissions and controlled lighting, comes to end this problem. Deforestation also would be reduced drastically.The positives of this type of food production are many: Besides consume 30% less water on the hydroponics, the main advantage is the proximity to the consumer by lowering transportation costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The incidence of pests would also be reduced, as well as the use of pesticides. And the garbage generated can be used to produce energy in lighting and to maintain the internal temperature.The great disadvantage of the vertical farm is at its high cost of implementation and development of the activities. Build large vertical greenhouses with all the apparatus to control the cultivation of plants and animals in an urban environment is still too expensive. So much so that, despite the idea having emerged in 1999, still there is no vertical farm in the world, as it was conceived by its creator. What there are are prototypes of farms, or models, so to speak. That's because the idea for being quite tuned to the optimization of natural resources to meet the needs of humanity, is being tested and improved to make it work.Do a quick search and you'll see that many countries have various designs of these plantations high tech ". As with the cell phone (remember how were expensive and large the first devices?), so it's being with the vertical farms. In my opinion, they're going to end up with the traditional farms, but to be an ally in the fight against hunger and for sustainability.

Resultados (Inglês) 2:

A new concept of food production is giving the talk among architects and environmentalists in the main cities of the world: vertical farms, which are building structures whose activity in their stories is agriculture. Created by biologist Dickson Despommier in 1999, the method would be as large greenhouses in every pavement, to grow vegetables, fruits and other crops, would use hydroponics (cultivation method that does not use the land, but water and minerals). Some projects also include the creation of birds and fish in the first floor.
But why practice agriculture in a building? A problem with the traditional farms? Well, as everyone knows, the land for growing food and raising animals for human consumption are increasingly scarce. With over 9 billion mouths to be fed by 2050, how to get food for everyone? Besides the lack of space, dependence on rain, sun, humidity and other climatic variables means that there is production losses of up to 40%. It can no longer be at the mercy of the consequences of global warming to produce food. And the vertical farm, where plants and animals are raised in a closed environment, with temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide emissions and controlled lighting, comes to end this problem. Deforestation would also be reduced drastically.
The positive points of this type of food production are many: in addition to consume 30% less water, because of the hydroponics, the main advantage is the proximity to the consumer, reducing transport costs and emissions greenhouse gases arising. The incidence of pests would also be reduced, as well as the use of pesticides. And the waste generated can be used to produce energy in lighting and to maintain the internal temperature.
The major drawback of the vertical farm is in its high cost of implementation and development of activities. Build large vertical greenhouses with all the apparatus to control the cultivation of vegetables and animals in an urban environment is still very expensive. So much so that, although the idea has arisen in 1999, there is still no vertical farm in the world, as it was conceived by its creator. What there are prototypes farms, or scale models, say so. That's because the idea to be quite attuned to the optimization of natural resources to meet human needs, is being tested and enhanced to work.
Do a quick search and you'll see that many countries have various designs of these "fields high tech" . As it was with the phone (remember how they were expensive and large the first devices?) And is already with vertical farms. In my view, they do not come to do away with the traditional farms, but to be an ally in the fight against hunger and sustainability.

Resultados (Inglês) 3:

A new concept of food production is giving the talk between architects and conservationists in major world cities: the vertical farms, which are the structures of the building whose activity in their stories is agriculture. Created by the biologist Dickson Despommier, in 1999, the method would be as large greenhouses on each floor, to grow vegetables, fruit and other crops, use the hydroponics (cultivation method that does not use the land, water and minerals). Some projects also include the creation of birds and fish on the first floor.But, for that to practice agriculture on a building? A problem with the traditional farms? Well, as you all know, the land for growing food and breeding of animals for human consumption are increasingly scarce. With more than 9 billion mouths to be fed by 2050, how to get food for everybody? In addition to the lack of space, the dependence of rain, sunshine, humidity and other climatic variables makes production losses of up to 40%. It is no longer possible to be at the mercy of the consequences of global warming to produce food. And the vertical farm, where plants and animals are reared in a closed environment, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide emissions and lighting controlled, come to put an end to this problem. Deforestation would be drastically reduced.The positive points of this kind of food production are many: in addition to consume 30% less water, on account of hydroponics, the main advantage is proximity to the consumer, reducing transportation costs and greenhouse gas emissions therefrom. The incidence of pests would also be reduced, and the use of pesticides. And the waste generated can be used to produce energy in lighting and to maintain the internal temperature.The big disadvantage of the vertical farm is in its high cost of development and deployment activities. Build greenhouses large vertical with the entire apparatus to control the cultivation of plants and animals in an urban environment is still very expensive. That is, although the idea has emerged in 1999, still there is no vertical farm in the world, as it was conceived by its creator. What are there are prototypes of farms, or reduced models, so to speak. This is because the idea, because it is very in tune with the optimization of natural resources to meet the needs of mankind, is being tested and enhanced to work.Do a quick search and you will find that many countries have several projects of "high tech fields. Just as it was with the cellular phone (remember how they were expensive and large the first apparatus?) This is already being with the vertical farms. In my opinion, they do not come to break with the traditional farms, but to be an ally in the fight against hunger and for sustainability.