Class
Article
College
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
Department
Environment and Society Department
Faculty Mentor
Briana Bowen
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Indoor vertical farming may be a solution for global food security issues, especially those driven by climate change, supply chain disruptions, environmental decline, and urban sprawl. This method of cultivation has numerous benefits and drawbacks dependent on the different options used. This presentation will use resilience frameworks developed by USU's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence to help identify these threats facing global food systems and how they may be mitigated by indoor vertical farms. In the coming years, rapid climate change issues are predicted to play an important role in agriculture around the world. The world currently faces a number of challenges already, with water crises (supply, transport, contamination, etc.), fluctuating temperatures, unpredictable natural disasters, diseases, pests adapting and spreading, super dependence on limited GMOS and agrochemicals, and an overall loss of farmable land. As the world population continues to swell, technology will have to evolve to supply enough food for its support. A potential solution to this and some of the complications of climate change could be Indoor Vertical Farming. Presentation Time: Thursday, 2-3 p.m.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-12-2021 12:00 AM
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Indoor Vertical Farming Potential Solution to Long-Term Global Food Security Issues
Logan, UT
Indoor vertical farming may be a solution for global food security issues, especially those driven by climate change, supply chain disruptions, environmental decline, and urban sprawl. This method of cultivation has numerous benefits and drawbacks dependent on the different options used. This presentation will use resilience frameworks developed by USU's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence to help identify these threats facing global food systems and how they may be mitigated by indoor vertical farms. In the coming years, rapid climate change issues are predicted to play an important role in agriculture around the world. The world currently faces a number of challenges already, with water crises (supply, transport, contamination, etc.), fluctuating temperatures, unpredictable natural disasters, diseases, pests adapting and spreading, super dependence on limited GMOS and agrochemicals, and an overall loss of farmable land. As the world population continues to swell, technology will have to evolve to supply enough food for its support. A potential solution to this and some of the complications of climate change could be Indoor Vertical Farming. Presentation Time: Thursday, 2-3 p.m.