WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

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MorgenFarm adapts MorgenWerk technology and MorgenHaus structures to grow food in multi-storey, closed buildings. Storms and pests cannot cause any damage. Poisons and large-scale use of fertilizers are no longer necessary. Water requirements and the amount of land needed are extremely reduced. With this type of food cultivation, 95-99% of water can be saved compared to open land – depending on the plant.

The use of floor space and multiple harvest cycles drastically reduces the amount of land required and makes large-scale monocultures largely superfluous. In addition, the effectiveness of land use can be increased up to 300-times. Planting buildings close to the consumer reduce transportation and losses. Vertical farming is already being used for the cultivation of various leafy and mushroom vegetables, herbs and tomatoes or various berry crops such as strawberries.

The concept of vertical farming is already being implemented worldwide in a variety of ways: from small systems designed for use in restaurants and private households to medium-sized container farms and huge factory systems that produce up to 3 tons of leafy vegetables per day.

The techniques for cultivating seedlings and young plants are far-reaching. A wide variety of strategies such as hydroponics, aeroponics or aquaponics are used for nutrient supply alone.

In contrast to existing systems, our focus is on staple foods such as rice, lentils and cereals in order to provide people in climatically disadvantaged areas with sufficient and healthy nutrition.

Currently, the plants in indoor farming receive light via LED lighting. The essential key to economic implementation is therefore above all solving the energy issue. In addition to the use of renewable energies, light requirements must be drastically reduced. Depending on the growth phase, seedlings and plants require individual energy intensities that are only a fraction of the available solar energy in order to develop optimally. The power requirement can be drastically reduced by supplying precisely dosed quantities to the right parts of the plants.

Intensive basic research is required to determine these parameters. MorgenFarm is therefore preparing to combine its own technical expertise with agricultural research.