Demand for ability to grow food consistently
Demand for ability to grow food locally
Can grow food in warehouses
Can grow food in the home
Dedicating space that is efficient for producing food
Fresh, sanitary food available consistently
Food factories
Ability to produce organic vegetables
Ability to produce vegetables 24 hours a day
Land available for farming depleting quickly
New types of farming are evolving
Growing of vegetables indoors all year round
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A plant factory allows the growing of vegetables indoors all year round. It is a system that artificially
creates the environment necessary for plants to grow by controlling the amount of culture solution, air,
and light from light-emitting diodes (LED).
Because the amount of light, temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration levels can
be optimized without being affected by the weather, the growth rate of vegetables is two to four times
faster than those grown in open-air fields, and yields are ten to twenty times higher.
Visible natural light has a spectrum different from grow lights. Visible light is measured by lux or energy.
Plant factory grow lights are different. Grow lights provide artificial light used for plant growth. The
spectrum of growth lights is tuned to the plant growing task. Plant light has photons from the blue to red
(400-700 nm) part of the spectrum. This is called growth light.
Horticulture lamps address the role of light in the growth and development of plants. Plant growth is a
function of photosynthesis. The plant growth lights work in three different ways:
To provide all the light a plant needs to grow
To supplement sunlight, especially in winter months when daylight hours are short
To increase the length of the "day" in order to trigger specific growth and flowering