WEBVTT 00:00.567 --> 00:01.668 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Thompson: THE UNITED NATIONS 00:01.668 --> 00:04.104 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ESTIMATES THAT BY THE YEAR 2050, 00:04.104 --> 00:05.672 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE WORLD'S POPULATION WILL GROW 00:05.672 --> 00:07.774 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FROM TODAY'S 7.5 BILLION PEOPLE 00:07.774 --> 00:09.876 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO NEARLY TEN BILLION. 00:09.876 --> 00:11.778 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND AS NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE 00:11.778 --> 00:13.346 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FARMLAND AND WATER BECOME 00:13.346 --> 00:15.115 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SCARCE, FEEDING EVERYONE WILL 00:15.115 --> 00:16.249 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECOME AN EVEN GREATER 00:16.249 --> 00:17.217 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHALLENGE. 00:17.217 --> 00:18.685 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN TONIGHT'S SIGNATURE SEGMENT, 00:18.685 --> 00:19.786 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S IVETTE 00:19.786 --> 00:21.354 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FELICIANO REPORTS ON HOW THERE 00:21.354 --> 00:23.656 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MIGHT A SOLUTION WELL UNDER WAY 00:23.656 --> 00:24.858 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE NETHERLANDS. 00:24.858 --> 00:26.126 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS STORY IS PART OF OUR 00:26.126 --> 00:27.827 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ONGOING SERIES, "PERIL AND 00:27.827 --> 00:30.730 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROMISE: THE CHALLENGE OF 00:29.362 --> 00:31.798 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLIMATE CHANGE." 00:31.798 --> 00:32.499 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: JUST SOUTH OF THE 00:32.499 --> 00:34.067 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAGUE, IN THE WESTLAND REGION OF 00:34.067 --> 00:35.802 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NETHERLANDS, MILES UPON 00:35.802 --> 00:37.837 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MILES OF GREENHOUSES ARE SPREAD 00:37.837 --> 00:39.305 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. 00:39.305 --> 00:40.640 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEY'VE BEEN BUILT BY DUTCH 00:40.640 --> 00:42.509 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FARMERS AS PART OF A 20-YEAR 00:42.509 --> 00:43.910 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOVEMENT BY THE COUNTRY TO 00:43.910 --> 00:45.779 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PURSUE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 00:45.779 --> 00:49.649 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY GROWING INDOORS. 00:49.649 --> 00:51.351 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DUTCH FARMER HANS ZWINKEL GROWS 00:51.351 --> 00:53.253 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TOMATOES IN TWO GREENHOUSES THAT 00:53.253 --> 00:55.155 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COVER 20 ACRES OF LAND. 00:55.155 --> 00:56.389 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIS ANNUAL HARVEST OF 00:56.389 --> 00:58.725 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 2.5 MILLION POUNDS OF TOMATOES 00:58.725 --> 01:00.460 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AVERAGE 01:00.460 --> 01:02.629 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YIELD OF AN OUTDOOR FARM. 01:02.629 --> 01:04.197 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE PLANT STARTED OVER THERE 01:04.197 --> 01:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS A SMALL PLANT, STANDS ABOUT 01:06.933 --> 01:09.969 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIVE METERS, SIX METERS FURTHER. 01:09.969 --> 01:10.904 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: ZWINKEL AND GROWERS 01:10.904 --> 01:12.672 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE HIM ACHIEVE HIGH YIELDS BY 01:12.672 --> 01:13.973 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTROLLING THE CLIMATE AND 01:13.973 --> 01:15.408 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER FOR THEIR CROPS UNDER 01:15.408 --> 01:16.509 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GLASS. 01:16.509 --> 01:18.078 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FILTRATION SYSTEMS ALLOW THEM TO 01:18.078 --> 01:19.579 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COLLECT AND RECYCLE THE PLANTS' 01:19.579 --> 01:20.980 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER SUPPLY. 01:20.980 --> 01:22.749 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CROPS RECEIVE DIRECT SUNLIGHT, 01:22.749 --> 01:24.451 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUPPLEMENTED AS NEEDED BY 01:24.451 --> 01:26.453 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, AND ARE 01:26.453 --> 01:27.754 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROTECTED FROM UNPREDICTABLE 01:27.754 --> 01:29.489 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WEATHER EVENTS AND INSECTS, 01:29.489 --> 01:30.790 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHICH ALMOST COMPLETELY 01:30.790 --> 01:32.125 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELIMINATES THE USE OF CHEMICAL 01:32.125 --> 01:33.293 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PESTICIDES. 01:33.293 --> 01:35.095 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> IT'S NICE TO SEE THE PLANTS 01:35.095 --> 01:35.662 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GROW. 01:35.662 --> 01:38.198 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU... IT GIVES YOU ENERGY. 01:38.198 --> 01:39.199 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: THESE INDOOR 01:39.199 --> 01:40.567 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GROWING TECHNIQUES HAVE HELPED 01:40.567 --> 01:42.769 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOSTER AN INDOOR GROWING BOOM IN 01:42.769 --> 01:43.903 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NETHERLANDS. 01:43.903 --> 01:46.606 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GREENHOUSES NOW PRODUCE 35% OF 01:46.606 --> 01:48.608 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COUNTRY'S VEGETABLES DESPITE 01:48.608 --> 01:51.044 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OCCUPYING LESS THAN 1% OF ITS 01:51.044 --> 01:52.979 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FARMLAND. 01:52.979 --> 01:54.180 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NETHERLANDS' WAGENINGEN 01:54.180 --> 01:55.815 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNIVERSITY HAS LED MUCH OF THE 01:55.815 --> 01:57.383 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RESEARCH ON HOW TO BEST GROW 01:57.383 --> 01:58.952 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CROPS INDOORS. 01:58.952 --> 02:00.954 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LEO MARCELIS, A PROFESSOR AT THE 02:00.954 --> 02:02.989 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNIVERSITY, SAYS THAT IN THE ERA 02:02.989 --> 02:04.657 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE DUTCH 02:04.657 --> 02:06.793 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION NEEDS TO 02:06.793 --> 02:08.761 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MOVE BEYOND GREENHOUSES, WHICH 02:08.761 --> 02:10.029 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STILL RELY ON SOME OUTSIDE 02:10.029 --> 02:11.865 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FORCES LIKE SUNLIGHT. 02:11.865 --> 02:12.699 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE WANTED TO CONTROL THE 02:12.699 --> 02:14.267 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRODUCTION PROCESS, THAT WE CAN 02:14.267 --> 02:16.803 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTROL THE YIELD, THE QUALITY, 02:16.803 --> 02:18.605 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT WE CAN GIVE GUARANTEES 02:18.605 --> 02:20.640 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TOWARDS THE CONSUMERS. 02:20.640 --> 02:22.475 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALTHOUGH WE CAN CONTROL A LOT, 02:22.475 --> 02:23.543 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE'RE STILL DEPENDENT ON THE 02:23.543 --> 02:25.612 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OUTDOOR CONDITIONS. 02:25.612 --> 02:26.713 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO 02:26.713 --> 02:28.548 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE A FURTHER CONTROL SO WE 02:28.548 --> 02:30.884 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN, IN FACT, GUARANTEE HOW MUCH 02:30.884 --> 02:33.052 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRODUCE WE WILL HAVE TOMORROW OR 02:33.052 --> 02:35.155 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ON ANY DATE OF THE... OF THE 02:35.155 --> 02:38.391 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YEAR, OF A GUARANTEED QUALITY. 02:38.391 --> 02:39.359 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: MARCELIS IS NOW 02:39.359 --> 02:40.960 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPERIMENTING WITH INDOOR 02:40.960 --> 02:42.595 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VERTICAL FARMING, GROWING 02:42.595 --> 02:44.364 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLANTS STACKED ON SHELVES TO 02:44.364 --> 02:46.332 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAXIMIZE SPACE AND COMPLETELY 02:46.332 --> 02:48.301 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CUT-OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE. 02:48.301 --> 02:50.170 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS IN MANY GREENHOUSES, WATER 02:50.170 --> 02:51.671 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR THE PLANTS IS DRAINED, 02:51.671 --> 02:53.706 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COLLECTED AND REUSED, REDUCING 02:53.706 --> 02:55.275 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEIR DEPENDENCE ON AN OUTSIDE 02:55.275 --> 02:56.209 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER SOURCE. 02:56.209 --> 02:57.844 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND INSTEAD OF SUNLIGHT, THE 02:57.844 --> 02:59.746 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RESEARCHERS USE LEDs, LIGHT 02:59.746 --> 03:01.314 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BULBS THAT CAN REPLICATE SOLAR 03:01.314 --> 03:03.082 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIGHT IN A VARIETY OF COLORS AND 03:03.082 --> 03:04.184 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTENSITIES. 03:04.184 --> 03:05.485 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WHETHER WE ARE GROWING 03:05.485 --> 03:07.520 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TOMATOES, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT 03:07.520 --> 03:09.822 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GETTING FRUITS, OR WHETHER IT'S 03:09.822 --> 03:12.458 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A LETTUCE OR A LEAFY VEGETABLES, 03:12.458 --> 03:13.526 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU WANT A 03:13.526 --> 03:15.428 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLANT, AND 03:15.428 --> 03:16.930 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT MAY REQUIRE THEREFORE A 03:16.930 --> 03:18.498 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIFFERENT LIGHT. 03:18.498 --> 03:20.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WITH LEDs, WE CAN ALSO PUT THEM 03:20.066 --> 03:22.168 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN BETWEEN THE PLANTS, AND 03:22.168 --> 03:24.003 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S VERY GOOD BECAUSE USUALLY 03:24.003 --> 03:25.505 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THERE IS MAYBE TOO MUCH LIGHT ON 03:25.505 --> 03:27.440 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE TOP BUT INSUFFICIENT AT THE 03:27.440 --> 03:28.141 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BOTTOM. 03:28.141 --> 03:29.709 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, WE CAN HAVE A MUCH BETTER 03:29.709 --> 03:31.211 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DISTRIBUTION OF THE LIGHT IN THE 03:31.211 --> 03:31.978 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLANT. 03:31.978 --> 03:33.379 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: BUT GROWING INDOORS 03:33.379 --> 03:34.480 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ISN'T CHEAP. 03:34.480 --> 03:36.049 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MARCELIS SAYS A QUARTER OF THE 03:36.049 --> 03:37.917 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPENSES FOR INDOOR GROWERS IN 03:37.917 --> 03:39.185 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NETHERLANDS RELATE TO 03:39.185 --> 03:40.954 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSTRUCTION, SOMETHING FARMERS 03:40.954 --> 03:42.488 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHO GROW IN FIELDS DON'T HAVE TO 03:42.488 --> 03:43.723 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORRY ABOUT. 03:43.723 --> 03:45.225 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEN, THERE'S THE ENERGY COSTS 03:45.225 --> 03:46.559 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF ROUND-THE-CLOCK CLIMATE 03:46.559 --> 03:48.895 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTROL AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING. 03:48.895 --> 03:50.463 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT MARCELIS SAYS A KEY 03:50.463 --> 03:52.232 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ADVANTAGE TO INDOOR FARMING IS 03:52.232 --> 03:53.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT BY CREATING IDEAL GROWING 03:53.900 --> 03:56.536 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONDITIONS AND MAXIMIZING SPACE, 03:56.536 --> 03:57.971 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT CAN PRODUCE MUCH HIGHER 03:57.971 --> 04:00.340 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YIELDS-- IN SOME CASES, UP TO 04:00.340 --> 04:02.875 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 350 TIMES THE YIELD OF A 04:02.875 --> 04:04.544 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONVENTIONAL FARM OF THE SAME 04:04.544 --> 04:05.578 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SIZE. 04:05.578 --> 04:07.914 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS IF THE 04:07.914 --> 04:10.650 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INCOME IS LARGER THAN THE COST. 04:10.650 --> 04:11.751 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, IF THE INVESTMENT COSTS ARE 04:11.751 --> 04:13.219 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HIGH AND ALSO THE OTHER COSTS 04:13.219 --> 04:15.755 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE HIGH, WELL, IF THE INCOME IS 04:15.755 --> 04:17.523 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THEN ALSO VERY HIGH, THEN IT IS 04:17.523 --> 04:18.958 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABOUT THE BALANCE. 04:18.958 --> 04:20.426 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: MARCELIS SAYS ONE 04:20.426 --> 04:22.161 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR WORK IS 04:22.161 --> 04:23.429 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES THAT CAN 04:23.429 --> 04:25.398 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BE REPLICATED ANYWHERE, EVEN IN 04:25.398 --> 04:27.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARID CLIMATES LIKE THE MIDDLE 04:27.400 --> 04:29.636 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EAST OR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 04:29.636 --> 04:31.104 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATES AS 04:31.104 --> 04:33.072 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE WORLD'S POPULATION GROWS, 04:33.072 --> 04:35.875 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GLOBAL FOOD DEMAND WILL RISE 70% 04:35.875 --> 04:38.111 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BY 2050 EVEN AS THE AMOUNT OF 04:38.111 --> 04:40.079 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER AND FARMABLE LAND SHRINKS 04:40.079 --> 04:42.248 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING. 04:42.248 --> 04:43.983 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NETHERLANDS IS ALREADY DOING 04:43.983 --> 04:45.752 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ITS PART TO FEED THE WORLD. 04:45.752 --> 04:47.120 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PROPELLED BY INDOOR FARMING, 04:47.120 --> 04:49.055 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S BECOME THE SECOND BIGGEST 04:49.055 --> 04:50.990 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOOD EXPORTER IN THE WORLD, 04:50.990 --> 04:51.924 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY 04:51.924 --> 04:54.394 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% $90 BILLION LAST YEAR. 04:54.394 --> 04:56.129 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS ALL THE MORE ASTOUNDING 04:56.129 --> 04:57.497 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GIVEN THAT THE NETHERLANDS IS 04:57.497 --> 04:59.599 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LESS THAN 1% THE SIZE OF THE 04:59.599 --> 05:01.401 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% UNITED STATES, THE WORLD'S 05:01.401 --> 05:03.303 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NUMBER ONE FOOD EXPORTER, WHERE 05:03.303 --> 05:05.338 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDOOR FARMING IS ALSO GAINING A 05:05.338 --> 05:06.539 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOOTHOLD. 05:06.539 --> 05:07.540 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HERE IN KENNETT TOWNSHIP, 05:07.540 --> 05:09.342 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PENNSYLVANIA, MUSHROOM GROWERS 05:09.342 --> 05:11.010 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HAVE BEEN USING INDOOR FARMING 05:11.010 --> 05:13.346 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TECHNIQUES FOR OVER 100 YEARS 05:13.346 --> 05:15.315 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND TODAY PRODUCE HALF THE U.S. 05:15.315 --> 05:17.183 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MUSHROOM CROP. 05:17.183 --> 05:18.851 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AN HOUR OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA, 05:18.851 --> 05:20.553 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS SMALL COMMUNITY OF 8,000 05:20.553 --> 05:22.689 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PEOPLE HARVESTS HALF A BILLION 05:22.689 --> 05:24.991 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POUNDS OF MUSHROOMS EVERY YEAR, 05:24.991 --> 05:26.959 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALL OF IT INDOORS AND AT A LOW 05:26.959 --> 05:29.629 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% COST OF ABOUT $1 PER POUND. 05:29.629 --> 05:31.130 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE INVESTED NINE YEARS AGO 05:31.130 --> 05:33.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTO A DUTCH-STYLE FARM. 05:33.333 --> 05:34.534 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: CHRIS ALONZO OWNS 05:34.534 --> 05:36.302 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS INDOOR FARM THAT USES 05:36.302 --> 05:37.970 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VERTICAL FARMING METHODS SEEN IN 05:37.970 --> 05:38.938 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE NETHERLANDS. 05:38.938 --> 05:41.507 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE PUT IN ALUMINUM SHELVING 05:41.507 --> 05:42.909 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSTEAD OF WOODEN BEDS. 05:42.909 --> 05:44.744 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE INVESTED IN EQUIPMENT WHICH 05:44.744 --> 05:46.279 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MADE THE JOB LESS LABOR 05:46.279 --> 05:47.180 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTENSIVE. 05:47.180 --> 05:48.848 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE HAVE HEAT IN THE ROOM, AIR 05:48.848 --> 05:50.116 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONDITIONING IN THE ROOM, AND 05:50.116 --> 05:51.117 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AIR FLOW. 05:51.117 --> 05:53.786 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND WE USE THOSE TOOLS TO MAKE 05:53.786 --> 05:55.688 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SURE THAT THE ROOM ENVIRONMENT 05:55.688 --> 05:57.457 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS SPECIFICALLY CONTROLLED FOR 05:57.457 --> 05:58.858 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHAT THE MUSHROOM LIKES. 05:58.858 --> 05:59.592 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: USING THESE 05:59.592 --> 06:01.561 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TECHNIQUES, ALONZO'S FACILITY 06:01.561 --> 06:03.296 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE 06:03.296 --> 06:05.665 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAN 1% OF THE NATION'S MUSHROOM 06:05.665 --> 06:08.101 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CROP, GROWING 11 MILLION POUNDS 06:08.101 --> 06:10.002 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF MUSHROOMS A YEAR, PROTECTED 06:10.002 --> 06:11.571 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FROM POTENTIALLY HARSH OUTDOOR 06:11.571 --> 06:12.839 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONDITIONS. 06:12.839 --> 06:13.873 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE ONLY DAY WE TAKE OFF IS 06:13.873 --> 06:15.074 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHRISTMAS. 06:15.074 --> 06:17.343 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND THE CONSUMER WANTS FRESH 06:17.343 --> 06:18.845 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRODUCE YEAR-ROUND, SO WE'RE 06:18.845 --> 06:20.480 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS TO HAVE 06:20.480 --> 06:22.782 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE ALL YEAR- 06:22.782 --> 06:25.084 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ROUND, AS OPPOSED TO SOME CROPS 06:25.084 --> 06:26.119 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHERE THEY'RE ONLY GROWN 06:26.119 --> 06:27.086 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SEASONALLY. 06:27.086 --> 06:28.020 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL 06:28.020 --> 06:29.055 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTROL UNIT. 06:29.055 --> 06:29.989 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: ALONZO SAYS THE 06:29.989 --> 06:31.958 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DIFFICULTY WITH INDOOR FARMING, 06:31.958 --> 06:33.826 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AS WITH OUTDOOR FARMING, IS 06:33.826 --> 06:35.561 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN YOUR 06:35.561 --> 06:36.996 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HARVEST'S REVENUE AND ITS 06:36.996 --> 06:38.097 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EXPENSES. 06:38.097 --> 06:39.165 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> SO, MUSHROOMS HAS BEEN 06:39.165 --> 06:40.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUSTAINABLE FOR... FOR 06:40.600 --> 06:41.868 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GENERATIONS. 06:41.868 --> 06:45.204 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HOWEVER, LAND IS AFFORDABLE 06:45.204 --> 06:47.440 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECAUSE MOTHER NATURE PROVIDES 06:47.440 --> 06:48.841 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RAIN, MOTHER NATURE PROVIDES 06:48.841 --> 06:49.842 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SUN. 06:49.842 --> 06:51.744 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% GROWING INDOORS IS VERY CAPITAL 06:51.744 --> 06:52.412 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INTENSIVE. 06:52.412 --> 06:53.679 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU HAVE THE BUILDING, YOU HAVE 06:53.679 --> 06:55.248 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU HAVE 06:55.248 --> 06:56.582 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ENERGY COSTS. 06:56.582 --> 06:58.551 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT IF YOU CAN MAXIMIZE 06:58.551 --> 07:00.420 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRODUCTIVITY AND HAVING 07:00.420 --> 07:02.922 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONSISTENT QUALITY YEAR-ROUND, 07:02.922 --> 07:05.057 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YES, IT'S ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, 07:05.057 --> 07:06.492 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT THE MARGINS ARE STILL VERY 07:06.492 --> 07:07.226 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TIGHT. 07:07.226 --> 07:08.394 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: MOST INDOOR FARMERS 07:08.394 --> 07:10.263 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAN'T GROW AT THE SAME SCALE AS 07:10.263 --> 07:11.631 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MUSHROOM FARMERS IN KENNETT 07:11.631 --> 07:12.598 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TOWNSHIP. 07:12.598 --> 07:14.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT WHERE THEY AND SOME VENTURE 07:14.233 --> 07:15.568 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAPITALISTS SEE THE FUTURE OF 07:15.568 --> 07:17.904 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDOOR AGRICULTURE LYING IS IN 07:17.904 --> 07:20.106 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SMALL-SCALE URBAN PRODUCTION IN 07:20.106 --> 07:21.641 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AREAS WITH NO FARMING INDUSTRY 07:21.641 --> 07:22.809 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF THEIR OWN. 07:22.809 --> 07:23.476 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE 07:23.476 --> 07:25.111 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% STEPPING IN NOW IS TO SERVE 07:25.111 --> 07:26.412 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEMAND THAT IS UNMET. 07:26.412 --> 07:27.780 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: 3,000 MILES WEST OF 07:27.780 --> 07:29.782 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ALONZO'S FARM, INDOOR FARMING 07:29.782 --> 07:31.717 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PIONEER MATT BARNARD HEADS A 07:31.717 --> 07:33.619 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAJOR AGRICULTURE PROJECT IN SAN 07:33.619 --> 07:35.721 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FRANCISCO CALLED PLENTY. 07:35.721 --> 07:37.490 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ITS FARM IS A RETROFITTED FORMER 07:37.490 --> 07:39.459 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WAREHOUSE, NOW WITH WALLS OF 07:39.459 --> 07:40.960 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FRESH VEGETABLES THAT STRETCH 07:40.960 --> 07:43.162 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR 100,000 SQUARE FEET. 07:43.162 --> 07:45.064 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CURRENTLY, IT GROWS LEAFY GREENS 07:45.064 --> 07:46.799 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIKE SPINACH AND KALE, THE 07:46.799 --> 07:48.334 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EASIEST AND MOST AFFORDABLE 07:48.334 --> 07:50.369 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CROPS TO GROW INDOORS, BUT IT 07:50.369 --> 07:51.938 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WILL SOON START GROWING TOMATOES 07:51.938 --> 07:53.673 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND STRAWBERRIES, AS WELL. 07:53.673 --> 07:55.274 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE PLANTS GROW DIRECTLY OUT OF 07:55.274 --> 07:57.009 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% VERTICAL COLUMNS. 07:57.009 --> 07:58.845 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SIMILAR TO DUTCH RESEARCHERS, 07:58.845 --> 08:00.746 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COMPANY ALSO USES LED 08:00.746 --> 08:02.448 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIGHTS, WATER RECYCLING AND 08:02.448 --> 08:04.016 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CLIMATE CONTROL. 08:04.016 --> 08:06.152 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NO GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS OR 08:06.152 --> 08:07.553 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PESTICIDES ARE USED IN 08:07.553 --> 08:08.788 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PRODUCTION. 08:08.788 --> 08:10.456 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSTEAD, IT'S THE ENVIRONMENT 08:10.456 --> 08:12.058 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT'S MODIFIED, CAREFULLY 08:12.058 --> 08:13.759 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CRAFTED AROUND EACH TYPE OF 08:13.759 --> 08:15.394 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLANT TO GIVE THEM THE IDEAL 08:15.394 --> 08:16.929 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONDITIONS FOR GROWING. 08:16.929 --> 08:17.997 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE FIND 08:17.997 --> 08:21.434 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ARE BECAUSE OF THAT CONTROL. 08:21.434 --> 08:22.835 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WE, FOR EXAMPLE, DON'T HAVE TO 08:22.835 --> 08:24.036 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% USE PESTICIDES. 08:24.036 --> 08:25.638 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INSTEAD OF USING 15 GALLONS OF 08:25.638 --> 08:27.273 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WATER TO PRODUCE ONE HEAD OF 08:27.273 --> 08:29.609 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LETTUCE, WE USE LESS THAN ONE- 08:29.609 --> 08:30.643 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FIFTH OF A GALLON TO PRODUCE 08:30.643 --> 08:31.777 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THAT SAME HEAD OF LETTUCE. 08:31.777 --> 08:32.845 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% SO, WE'RE SAVING A SIGNIFICANT 08:32.845 --> 08:33.813 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AMOUNT OF WATER. 08:33.813 --> 08:35.481 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND WE CAN ACTUALLY INFLUENCE 08:35.481 --> 08:37.283 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE WAY THE FOOD TASTES BY 08:37.283 --> 08:38.551 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% MAKING SURE IT HAS EXACTLY THE 08:38.551 --> 08:40.520 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIGHT NUTRIENT RECIPE, THE RIGHT 08:40.520 --> 08:43.389 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIGHT RECIPE, THE RIGHT WATER 08:43.389 --> 08:44.123 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RECIPE. 08:44.123 --> 08:45.024 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> Reporter: PLENTY HOPES TO 08:45.024 --> 08:47.026 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BECOME AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN 08:47.026 --> 08:48.461 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDOOR FARMING. 08:48.461 --> 08:49.829 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE COMPANY RECENTLY RECEIVED 08:49.829 --> 08:52.632 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% $200 MILLION OF PRIVATE FUNDING, 08:52.632 --> 08:53.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WHICH IT PLANS TO SPEND ON 08:53.866 --> 08:55.635 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUILDING FARMS IN THE TEN MOST 08:55.635 --> 08:57.169 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% POPULOUS AMERICAN CITIES AND 08:57.169 --> 08:59.338 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HUNDREDS MORE WORLDWIDE. 08:59.338 --> 09:01.607 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT, AS IN THE NETHERLANDS, 09:01.607 --> 09:03.376 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLENTY HAS TO OVERCOME CERTAIN 09:03.376 --> 09:05.378 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CHALLENGES-- THE UP-FRONT COST 09:05.378 --> 09:07.079 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% OF BUILDING OR RETROFITTING 09:07.079 --> 09:08.814 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDOOR SPACES SUITABLE FOR 09:08.814 --> 09:11.083 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FARMING, AND THE ENERGY COSTS OF 09:11.083 --> 09:12.552 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INDOOR LIGHTING AND CLIMATE 09:12.552 --> 09:13.586 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CONTROL. 09:13.586 --> 09:15.488 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT MATT BARNARD BELIEVES THAT 09:15.488 --> 09:17.189 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE ADVANCES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 09:17.189 --> 09:19.091 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN INDOOR AGRICULTURE WILL MAKE 09:19.091 --> 09:20.927 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT A KEY PLAYER IN FEEDING THE 09:20.927 --> 09:23.095 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% WORLD'S EVER-GROWING POPULATION. 09:23.095 --> 09:25.231 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% >> WE'VE ADDED, YOU KNOW, SIX 09:25.231 --> 09:27.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BILLION PEOPLE SINCE THE TRACTOR 09:27.300 --> 09:28.901 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% CAME AROUND, AND SO WE BELIEVE 09:28.901 --> 09:30.436 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS ONE OF THE CORE 09:30.436 --> 09:33.039 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% INNOVATIONS THAT'LL HELP US, YOU 09:33.039 --> 09:34.040 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KNOW, SERVE THE NEXT TWO TO 09:34.040 --> 09:35.975 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THREE BILLION PEOPLE THAT WE ADD 09:35.074 --> 09:36.008 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO THE PLANET.