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A new vertical farm, with a footprint of less than an acre, can produce 1.8 million kg of fruit annually. (newatlas.com)

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have bo frame of reference for this, is it a lot? is it little? I have no idea I know an acre is big but I also know a million is big.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We're talking 4 million pounds of produce. LOL, that's such a wild number it cannot be possible.

https://www.gardensofeden.org/04%20Crop%20Yield%20Verification.htm

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I was skeptical of what you just said but they are claiming a yield of approximately 250x the traditional yield per acre for strawberries. Even if I give them 10x for the vertical height and another 10x for automation they're still falling short. Just more scams.