HENRY FORD DID FOR THE
AUTOMOBILE.
>>> REPORTER: ENTREPRENEUR JAKE
KUHN A HAS FOUND A WAY TO GROW
PRODUCE LOCALLY EVEN WHEN IT'S
50 BELOW OUTSIDE, AND THE ANSWER
IS TO USE CAMERAS, SOFTWARE, AND
OF CONVERTING YOU -- CONVEYOR
BELT.
IT'S CALLED VERTICAL FARMING.
>> I'M ENAMORED WITH THE ABILITY
TO EXPONENTIALLY OUT PRODUCE THE
NATURAL ABILITY OF THE LAND.
REPORTER: SIX TYPES OF LETTUCE
ARE STACKED ON A FOUR LEVEL
TOWER UNDER THE GLOW OF LED
LIGHTS.
THIS PRODUCES THREE TONS OF
GREENS IN ONE YEARS TIME.
TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE,
WHAT A FIELD FARMER COULD DO IN
SOLDIER FIELD, THEY COULD DO IN
FOUR PARKING SPACES.
HIS VERTICAL FARM REDUCES THE
COST OF ENERGY AND LABOR, AND
PRODUCE IS PROVEN TO LAST WEEKS.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY BEAT THE COST
OF A FARM EQUIVALENT PRODUCT.
REPORTER: AN AUTOMATIC LIFT
COLLECTS THE PLANTS AND BRINGS
THEM TO AN ASSEMBLY LINE FOR
HARVEST AND REDUCES LABOR BY 80%
COMPARED TO THE FIRST VERTICAL
FORMS OF ITS KIND.
>> IT IS BUILDING AN ASSEMBLY
LINE OF GREENS.
REPORTER: HE HAS NINE PATCHES
PENDING HELPING HIM CREATE THE
PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR A PLANT
EVERY DAY HAVE HIS LIFE.
>> THE SOFTWARE IS LOOKING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL
AMOUNT OF LIGHT?
IT IS LOOKING FOR EARLY SIGNS OF
STRESS IN NEW GROWTH
