{"id":3918,"date":"2020-05-28T13:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceofthetime.com\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2021-09-05T03:14:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T01:14:31","slug":"become-an-indoor-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceofthetime.com\/dlc\/2020\/05\/28\/become-an-indoor-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"BECOME AN INDOOR FARMER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Growing your own vegetables is an experience on its own: seeing something flourish that you nurtured and cared for is rewarding already, but being able to \u2018reap\u2019 what you sow brings satisfaction and gratitude. But very often, our crops will perish before we even had a taste. What did we do wrong? With Farmshelf<\/strong> we don\u2019t have to break our heads about the science of farming anymore, it farms itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT IT IS?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Farmshelf <\/strong>is an indoor farming business from Brooklyn that offers plug & play minifarms that don\u2019t require soil, or even natural lightning. The startup was founded in 2016 by Andrew Shearer<\/strong>, but their products and services were only available to certain restaurants as an feasibility test. The shelves became a success<\/a> and now pre-orders are already available for families and offices across all 50 states of the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea came from the need to create a solution against food waste, but in a very functional fool-proof way. Farmshelf doesn\u2019t require a green thumb at all: just an electricity outlet and a Wi-Fi connection. The system will provide the rest. It even generates LED-lightning so plants can grow in darker environments as well, which makes Farmshelf very usable for offices or small apartments. The only thing the user has to do is occasionally refill the water reserve. The Farmshelf system will regulate the temperature, monitor the pH levels and add the correct amounts of water and nutrients. The user can even check up on their vegetables from anywhere in the world with the Farmshelf app, which uses the systems cameras and sensors. The system has a retail price of $6490 but enthusiasts can pre-order their shelf for a discount price of $4950. Farmshelf also offers a monthly subscription which offers unlimited seedpods, nutrients and access to the Farmshelf app. With more than 40 different kinds of seedpods to choose from, you can create a very personalized shelf that suits your liking. Farmshelf aims to deliver their systems to their new owners in early spring 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHY IT\u00b4S COOL?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n