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Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built? (apnews.com)
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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Solar power has timing, storage and transmission issues that adding to it this way won't help. And it's all on municipal water systems, so not only is it impacting the treated water source for home, and the aquifer it's pulled from, it has to be treated to remove chloramines before used on plants.

I have no idea why people have this urge to even further industrialize the food supply, and they'll be the first to scream for "natural" food sources, yet think that putting food production indoors with artificial light, heat, nutrients and non-natural water sources is somehow better.