Preliminary Concept Statement
Current agricultural farming practices use pesticides, plant mono crops, and waste massive amounts of water causing land degradation, air/water pollution. As such, We envision the future of agriculture to be an all-in-one solution to carbon dioxide emissions, food production and distribution. Through regenerative agriculture practices that encourage crop rotation, the elimination of pesticides, and less irrigation, we can produce healthier, more nutritious food. Additionally, healthier soil can sequester more carbon mitigating the global warming crisis. We plan to create a greenhouse/garden area targeted towards residential communities where these new regenerative agricultural practices can be implemented. We hope our more decentralized system will encourage better agricultural practices, reduce food waste, produce more nutritious food, and help people appreciate their food system.
Shortened Version:
We plan to create a greenhouse/garden area targeted towards residential communities (~1,000 people) powered by AI, where regenerative agricultural practices are implemented instead of current mass agricultural farming practices which produce lower-quality produce and harms the environment. We hope that this system will reduce food waste and bring communities closer as well.
“Food ecosystem”
- Targeted for residential communities (apartment complexes, etc.)
Problem:
- Climate change / not enough plants
- Unsustainable livestock
- Too little food / Unequal food distribution
Possible Features:
- Sustainable food production
- Food waste management → fertiliser
- Carbon capture storage
- Agroecology: Promoting diverse ecosystems in agricultural landscapes to enhance resilience and sustainability.
- Agroforestry: Combining agriculture and forestry practices to create diverse, productive, and sustainable land-use systems.
- Vertical farming (to save space)
- Research centre (i.e. for plant based meat)
- Sustainable rearing of livestock
- Water management
- Facilities rely on solar / wind energy
- Precision agriculture (IoT)
App Ideas:
- Food trading system - people trade produce with each other
- App allows families to input the food they want that week.
- AI, drones deliver the food to their door ensuring less food waste and less food cost for families
- App features
- Calories intake per household
- Demand and supply function (i.e. markup the price accordingly)
- App coins
Look into Bhutan’s carbon negative emission livelihood