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Houston’s hydroponic farming efforts can help feed America amidst population growth, declining soil health, record droughts, and supply chain issues. Join us at Moonflower Farms to watch how hyperlocal vertical farming at scale is leading food innovation. Subscribe for more →    / consensusdigitalmedia   Watch new Made In America episodes here → https://bit.ly/3sKxoOK #farmsacrossamerica #madeinamerica #moonflowerfarms #greentownlabs Moonflower Farms founder, Federico Marques, first learned about hydroponics while working with NASA and Bioregenerative Life Support Systems staff at Stennis Space Center and he’s been on a quest ever since. In 2016, he launched the city of Houston's first commercial vertical hydroponic farm and by 2019, they’d moved into a 20,000 square foot greenhouse. When grocery shelves emptied and transportation ground to a halt after the 2021 Texas winter storm, Moonflower Farms managed to keep growing fresh food to feed Houston and beyond. That’s the ultimate food security. It all comes down to a simple science, as old as the age of Babylon and as far reaching as the moon. With nutrient film technique, or NFT, plants take root in water instead of soil, surrounded by a film of nutrients that the farmer controls for optimal growth. Instead of saturating miles of depleted topsoil with what accounts for 70% of our global potable water, hydroponic farmers are able to give the plants exactly what they need, no more and no less. This means hydroponic farming uses 95% less water than traditional farming, while avoiding soil borne diseases and the need for wide expanses of land. And since hydroponic farming can be done virtually anywhere, including outer space, that means hyperlocal access to food, something Americans desperately need in a time of supply chain interruptions, skyrocketing fuel prices, and decarbonization. Much of the food we get at the grocery store has traveled days if not weeks, over thousands of miles, to reach us. Considering a head of lettuce loses 10% of its nutrients every day it gets further away from harvest, we're looking at lower nutrition food at best, and at worst, food that ends up in the landfill. In fact, 66% of the fresh produce we import goes to waste. As Moonflower CEO Federico Marques says, “Our current food systems are vastly inefficient, with food waste, rampant pesticide use, transport emissions, and agricultural runoff. Closed loop grow systems prevent these problems and help to create higher quality food and local jobs.” Moonflower Farms believes that by 2030, every city will be developing their own hyperlocal sustainable hydroponic farms. They’re taking it to Kroger stores in the greater Houston area, to their climate tech incubator, Greentown Labs, and to schools across Texas. And they want to help us do it. From here to the moon. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Houston Texas’ biggest hydroponic farm 00:18 Growing food without soil 00:47 NASA researches growing food in space 01:23 10th grader brings hydroponics to Houston schools 02:55 How hydroponics helps food security 03:53 Greentown Labs helps startups like Moonflower Farms 04:25 Different types of hydroponics 04:55 Hydroponics uses 95% less water than traditional ag 05:25 NFT, nutrient film technique 06:50 Hyperlocal means fresh food for everyone 07:08 AI farming 07:46 Failure is part of innovation 07:59 Sustainable city farming solves food insecurity Directed by Jessie English Created by Conor Gaughan and Kate Tucker Written and hosted by Kate Tucker Produced by Consensus Digital Media in partnership with Remedial Media Executive Producer - Kate Tucker Executive Producer - Jessie English Executive Producer - Eric Feigenbaum Executive Producer - Conor Gaughan Featuring: Federico Marques - Founder & CEO, Moonflower Farms Luis Silva - Lead Engineer, Moonflower Farms Jose Garcia - Operations Manager, Moonflower Farms Rahul Vijayan - Founder, Farm to Tray Filmed at Moonflower Farms and Greentown Labs in Houston, Texas Supervising Producer - Geoff Rock Editor - Nick Nazmi Assistant Editor - Dustin Waldman Director of Photography - Isaac Rosenthal Camera Operator - Eddie Bernard Gaffer / Drone Operator - Fletcher Anstis Sound Engineer - Tom Eichler Production Coordinator - John Ryan Gage Production Assistant - Josiah Shaw Makeup & Hair - Tracy Fettig Wardrobe - Hollie Van Osenbruggen Audio Mixer / Sound Design - Dillon Terry Color Grading - Ind3x Motion Graphics - Yuriy Netrebyuk Graphic Design - Stephen Lepsch Music by Desert Dive, Dario Benedetti, Falls, Shimmer, Joshua Spacht, and Heartland Nights, courtesy of Soundstripe Special thanks to Greentown Labs Houston, and to NASA Stennis Space Center:    • NASA's Second Hot Fire Test for the A...   More stories from Consensus: https://thebusinessdownload.com/ https://garden-and-health.com/ GSKPSTIKH4AFVGXL I7Y4ISQEWRANHIFP SFVRCNVBUL7EXNEV