Are the vegetables and fruits produced by plant factories or fruit and vegetable factories really bad? Not necessarily.
At present, there are three channels, or three production methods, for the vegetables we can eat.
The first type of small-scale farmer production is where farmers grow their own crops and sell them at farmers' markets.
The second type of fruit and vegetable production area is concentrated cultivation in greenhouses, and commercial vegetables are sold throughout the country through fresh food logistics channels. This is also the supply channel for most of the vegetables we can eat.
The third type is this emerging agriculture, which uses plant factories for production and is not affected by external factors to cultivate vegetable products of consistent quality.
Each of these three production methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. First of all, the first type is small-scale farmer production, which is what we all think of as the best vegetables. It is organic, green and pollution-free.
This is just our self-impression, but it is actually not true. Farmers will apply farmyard manure to the vegetables they grow themselves. What kind of farmyard manure is fertilized after fermentation of chicken, duck, pig, cow or human feces?
This way, there is no chemical fertilizer pollution and it is green enough. However, it is difficult to avoid being polluted, especially the harmful bacteria and viruses contained in these farmyard manures, which are very dangerous to human health.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about E. coli infection, which is the most serious in rural areas.
Therefore, this kind of farm food can be eaten by small households, but it is not suitable for sale as a commodity, and the uncontrollable risks are very high.
The second one is the greenhouse vegetables and commercial vegetables grown in the fruit and vegetable production areas. These greenhouse vegetables are also the main part of the vegetables we eat now, but there are still many risks.
First of all, land pollution. Especially some greenhouse vegetable growers, in order to blindly pursue yield and quality, constantly apply fertilizers and spray pesticides.
Therefore, the vegetables and fruits grown in this way look good-looking, are big, round, and red, and are of good quality. But in fact, they taste very poor and contain heavy pesticide residues.
The second is that it is easily affected by external factors, such as hail, floods, snowstorms, etc., so it is difficult to guarantee output and quality.
Third, the distance between supply and demand is far, and the safety of supply and demand channels cannot be guaranteed. Once some special reasons or special disasters are encountered, these contradictions will appear.
During these special periods, vegetables and fruits will serve as important supplies and become the target of competition in various regions. As a result, it will be difficult to ensure the supply security of non-vegetable growing areas.
As for the third type of plant factory or fruit and vegetable factory, it is a new type of vegetable and fruit planting technology that has been developed in recent years.
The use of vertical planting technology and controlled environment technology can greatly reduce the land use area. In a small area, the maximum benefits can be obtained through three-dimensional planting technology.
Moreover, the controllable environment technology can control the production cycle and time of these plants at will, without being affected by the external weather and natural environment, and can achieve seamless planting all year round with huge yields.
In addition, because it is grown in a closed artificial environment, there are no pests or diseases, so there is no need to spray pesticides. And all planting uses hydroponic technology, which is safe and reliable.
All planting techniques are standardized, so that these vegetables and fruits can reach uniform sizes.
For example, the lettuce leaves you buy in the market are all the same size, the cucumbers are the same thickness and length, the pumpkins are the same roundness and size, the tomatoes are the same red, have the same sugar content, etc.
Of course, this kind of plant factory production also has shortcomings and shortcomings. First of all, the construction cost of plant factories is high and requires high operating costs.
Secondly, the nutritional value of vegetables and fruits produced by plant factories is indeed slightly worse than that of fruits and vegetables produced by farmers.
But the needs of both parties are different. For plant factories and greenhouse vegetables, safety is the first priority, followed by quality.
The use of this technology by Wu Hao and others can reduce the biggest cost in the production process of plant factories, which is labor cost. And through intelligent control systems, these vegetables and fruits can be controlled more accurately than humans, making them
The production efficiency is higher and the quality is more uniform.
Moreover, such large-scale plant factories are generally located on the edge of cities and are dependent on the city. In this way, the security of the city's supply of vegetables and fruits can be greatly ensured.
This form of fruit and vegetable cultivation and supply is also a very important part of the future social supply system, and it will be directly related to human food supply security.
Especially as the urbanization rate in China is getting higher and higher, the number of people working on farms is gradually decreasing. Even with the passing of the older generation, young people are unwilling to work in farming. This also makes domestic agricultural production bound to become intelligent and autonomous.
The path of humanity.
If this is done well, the food security of our domestic people may be affected.
Food is the most important thing for the people. This is the foundation of the country, so this must be done well.
This is also an important reason why Wu Hao and others were able to receive support from top to bottom when carrying out this project.
It's farther up there than you can see, and it's deeper than you can see.
At present, this project has also been included in the key projects of the agricultural development department and will be developed as a key development of high-tech agricultural technology in the future.
This is also the reason why this project is popular in various places. Super-large-scale farms in the Northeast can take the lead in extending an olive branch and inviting them to carry out intelligent unmanned farm construction projects.
As a company, especially a company with a sense of social responsibility and responsibility, since it has the capabilities and advantages in this area, it should shoulder this responsibility.
Moreover, the benefits this project brings to them are also very considerable, especially the current construction of these projects, which can basically cover the research and development costs.
Of course, this is still just the beginning, and there are still many imperfections in this system or this technology.
Moreover, the degree of intelligence and autonomy is not enough, and sometimes human intervention is required. Secondly, the cost is still relatively high, so it is more difficult to popularize it.
In the next step, the scientific research team will overcome these problems one by one, so as to continue their efforts to bring our country's agricultural production into a new era of intelligent development.
The reason why Wu Hao said this at the press conference is to promote this technology as much as possible, eliminate everyone's prejudices and misunderstandings, and truly promote the development of this technology.
On the other hand, they also take this opportunity to show the outside world their relevant development results in the past few years, especially their fruitful results in public welfare.
