Illuminated in a ghostly purplish-red light, this floating lettuce is almost indistinguishable from lettuce grown outdoors, but requires one-tenth the land area. Their high-tech greenhouse in Maasbury, Netherlands, is one possible remedy for the global food industry, which is in crisis as it faces land scarcity due to climate change and conflict.
In his new book, food for thoughtphotographer Kadir van Roohuizen takes us on a whistle-blowing global journey into how sausages are made, quite literally, capturing the food industry's struggles to address these challenges.
On the other hand, high-tech solutions like the lettuce farm pictured above; lots of The vertical farm in Compton, California, shown below, promises to save us from the food apocalypse, but van Roohuizen believes that much of the world's food production remains low-tech as it is. It doesn't shy away from being dystopian.
Plenty is a new vertical farm located in Compton, Los Angeles
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Gaining insight into the size of the industry will help answer questions such as “How will the industry change in a rapidly warming climate and what solutions are possible?” I hope that it may be possible. his food for thought Exhibition featuring video, photography and soundis on display at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam until January 5, 2025.
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Source: www.newscientist.com
