The High-Tech Vertical Farmer 

"The software tells her what to do." So basically she's playing real life Farmville. Neat.

Employee of the month: *Laptop*

There are so many pluses and minuses to vertical farming. On the one hand, it is super efficient. Most farms use 80-90% less water than traditional farms, no pesticides, no (or very little) fertalizer, typically a solar roof will power all the lights of a building. But mostly, there is a promise of little to no long-haul shipping or long-term storage. You can just build a vertical farm in every city, and grow crops year-round to have always fresh local food! It is a great leap forward for any plants that are lettuce sized or smaller. The down side however is the price. When you have companies full of enviornmental PhDs and programmers, as well as expensive up-front costs for all of the lighting and automation equipment, the break-even point for these kinds of small veggies is pretty much never. Put one of these in every city, control them with a centralized system, and fill them with cheap labor and less automation and you will have yourself a profitable company that can pump out food for the masses. But that still does not solve the food problem. most people don't buy a lot off small crops. For this to really take off, it needs to be able to take over staple crops like corn, wheat, and rice, and do it cheap. And it seems that they haven't quite cracked that nut yet... but I bet they are getting close! Once they can do that, the world changes overnight. But in the US, corn is hard as it is so large. I wonder if we will simply continue using fields for corn, of if we would shift our staples to more rice based products.

Too much backstory not enough sci-fi farm

Spare a thought for the software programmers

Is this about vertical farming or Katie's life ???

This is so informative that I want to start my own Katie now...

I'm an automation specialist for an oil company- This is the future in so many industries, my family & I also consume a Whole Food Plant Based Diet- This type of industry can help eliminate the inefficiencies of farming and get much needed tech jobs nearer large population centers where the produce can go straight to market! I Love it!!

I want to know about the farming not her life !!

I'm so glad that everything finally came together for Katie. Let's revisit this in a year, and see if Katie's still there. Check back in 10 and see if the "farm" is still there....

Wow I never knew so much about Katie! Cause I really wanted to...

I would like to see a cost breakdown of field farming vs. vertical farming from seed to consumer. I understand that the appeal of the vertical farm is the lack of pesticides, the taste, the freshness. It still would be interesting to see a cost comparison.

I like the fact that they've highlighted her life...jobs of the future will affect every aspect of our lives. It only makes sense to see how a human is adapting to the new jobs.

It's quite impressive what kaitie is doing at bowery farm,she's been setting up a role model for people looking forward to get involved in new technological fields.

Gosh tell me more about the tech, not about someone's self doubts.

This is in my opinion the most advanced technology platform in the horticulture industry, well done to the founders

So how are they doing financially and what is the cost to the consumer?

Seems like a much easier job than working out in a field. Little bending over, climate control, near or in an urban area. In the immigration debate one point that gets made is that Americans won't work in fields, this kind of agriculture job would make it much more likely that they would.

I had this idea in 1999; I’m so happy to see this actually being created!!!! I talked about it all the time hoping that the right people would be able to make it happen!!!!! Great JOB my fellow humans!!!!!

This can be set up underground, can work at night, can be used in space and on other planets. Automated, no pests, minimal water usage, no fertilizer wasted, no waste spilling into local areas. Only downsides are initial costs and running electricity costs, but both can be improved upon as solar batteries get cheaper and tech set-up becomes mass produced.

Why the sob story about her life?? I'm here to see if this vertical farming is actually a viable option.

Katie didn't start Bowery she's employee #9. So tell me why it's more about her than the company and tech. used? Useless video.

Those lights are the real magic. We use these in our indoor facility and they allow our crops to grow past the lights without burning the plants.

I loved it, I'm impressed this is in Jersey, and also it's a neat reporting, by not only presenting the technology but also the social impact it gives to its comunity. Awesome!

The part with the parents makes vertical farming seem like a drug. I laughed.

Was the documentary about the farming or Katie I got confused 🤣🤣🤣

I loved this story: automated, computer-controlled farming .. and Katie. I hope Bowery Farming becomes the Apple of kale.

oh btw for those who are confused the video title is: "The High-Tech Vertical Farmer" not: "The High-Tech Vertical Farm"

Appropriate title for this video should have been 'This high-tech farm grows KATIE in a factory!' 😁

It's exciting to see this technology coming to fruition and real businesses starting up. Nice to see the opportunities this technology is bringing for people like Katie too. "Farm Operator", that's a subtly space-age job title if you ask me.

When the science is not interesting or financially sustainable, you try to fluff up the business with personal stories. That is how tech startups work these days.

Professional Gardener are not dirty anymore..

I'm a vertical farmer, best job ever!!

"It will be pretty lonely for the robots if they dont have anybody to talk to" LOL

This is an example of an industry that hones, shapens the abilities of individuals, it teaches craft of life, discipline, growth, and being preserved of the things that preserves life,from the source making it continuous and flourishing. Employees are healthier and full of being productive in so many ways. It calls for mastery of culture, who knows, it could be you. Human skills cannot be compared to a mecha. Man was given dominion to rule the world and manage its resources. "Planted by the waters by the word'. As bearers of living waters that flows.

I understand the people wanting to know more about the vertical farm and less about Katie. But honestly, I think is also very interesting somebody can go to college, pay an enormous amount of money for education. Graduate, and have a really hard time looking for a job in their field. So they have to settle for a job where a computer is your boss. Basically you do what the computer tells you because the computer no only knows better, it has experience it already learned due to artificial intelligence. This is the future to most of our descendants. You do not have to like it or dislike it, it does not matter, it is happening. I for one welcome our computer overlords.

whenever there's a video of modern "vertical farming" that's going to "change the world" it's always kale and salad. Why don't you grow real vegetables like potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic...

>Grows plants super environmentally safe >wraps them in plastic >ffs

ive been doing this hobo style for 15 years now. with the advent of legal weed, the industr has boomed like crazy and become so cheap to do on a small scale at home. very rewarding.

Beautiful produce. Did you see how gorgeous it looked through the plastic packaging in the supermarket? Amazing

My school took us to a vertical farm few years ago in London in the East end, a building in the middle of a business area. It was so fascinating and what was most interesting to me, was the fish farming. They used the fish excrement as nutrients for the fruits and veg. [Edit] it's is sad that patenting laws prevent this from being everywhere for all of humanity to benefit from it. The fact that information is a commodity and those who pay for it can exclusively access it, is specially the heartbreaking part of our profit driven world.

great story if it would have been called "Katie's love her work day at her Orwellian vertical factory farm"... So go google vertical farms or Bowery Farming want real info on this subject...

I can't believe how many people left negative comments. This is the future of farming.

Ms.Katie, you're admired by many Americans and many individuals worldwide, you bring prosperity as well as types of work where there is infinite joy for agriculture and preservation of farming methods and production that is certain and not for losses, inventories that are always realized, GDP that is continuous and grows original that gives employment and businesses to have suppliers that supplies food at their respective shelters, micro house, respective tables of different size. It is thankful always to have many individuals such as you, a fighter, and a woman. Marriages that are honourable in all righteousness be it left and right. Certainty is always evident in the business, continue to live and Impart the same light that ye possess.

"It's like crazy to see the stuff I grew on a plate," said no farmer ever.

Awww bless her parents!!

I want to start this farming in India, Katie Thank you sooooo much

Wow it's amazing. I will also start this type of modern farming.

so glad i watched the least inspiring documentary available on employee Katie and her cooking ability rather than the farming techniques.

Give 1/10 of such effort to natural farming. The world will start changing in a month.

Thanks for sharing! New ideas always welcome!

It doesn't go into the specific details about this farming, but from the looks of it. It appears to be aquaponics which there's criticism about supplying nutrients through a tube. Also there's the matter of using plastics which rubs into the water and goes into the plant. However if build correctly with a full ecosystem using quality fishes and so on can be beneficial on a mass scale for the population. I also believe that this type of thinking will result in more community farming which will encourage people to be more invested in building farming lands for the community.

Why not? It's 2019. I wish they wouldn't package it for sale in plastic, though.

Well done this type of farming is the future.

I wonder.. Why 1.5k people dislike an informative content like this?

Yes, this video is meant to be about Katie. Katie and her job. This series is called "Next Jobs", not "how vertical farming works".

looks great but I am curious about their energy usage, can this sort of set-up be easily run on renewables?

more of this Aki Ito was a great little Docu

Awesome farm!😁 Thanks for sharing!

The inspiration surely came from Minecraft automatic farms

"it's like crazy to see stuff I grew on a plate" Yeah, that's crazy right! I wonder if anyone has ever had that experience!

Awe, that's sweet. I thought she was the one that owned it. They're a sweet working couple! Katie is awesome! Great piece Aki Ito :)

This is more of a documentary of Katie rather than vertical farming

why is 30 mil considered a startup

i will grow high quality weed like this. who wants to invest in my startup??

Video is about an employee, in a series about jobs. Comments are 90% people talking about the industry, not the job. If you want more information about vertical farming, those videos are out there. This video is a video about employees in a vertical farm.

Thank you Bloomberg. Now I know about Katie's life🤣🤣

Wow she works in a factory how revolutionary

This is every vegans wet dream.

I am really impressed all this process and vertical farming! Could I get to know more about sowing process ??

Her parents are so understanding...

wow 9 employees at that huge facility automation is really creating unemployment

This will take of when they grow strawberrys or something people actually want and are seasonal but can be grown indoors also the marketer will be credit lol heck I might have to do that

Fertile soil is the most important factor in organic growing because of all its known and yet to be discovered benefits on the nutritional quality of crops. Hydroponic growing removes the crucial soil factor and replaces it with soluble nutrient solutions that can in no way duplicate the complex benefits of soil

I'm happy Katie that your considerate of the robots.

0:48 Damn...I'd love to do that vertical farming too:))

Katie is a robot.

The world needs this

Thank you for posting this im interested to see where were going.. ❤

"it might look like we are in a spaceship"... obviously reporter hasn't been in a space ship :eyeroll: Internet Astronaut with 12"

We need this

I love the people who managed to keep the Katie joke going

We need more of these

Cool idea, but seems pretty energy intensive. I work on a farm and we have a massive grow light called...the sun.

"It would be pretty lonely for the robots if they have no one to talk to." She hit Banks's Culture on the head.

Love this new concept. Hope to see more of this. Katie's story is inspiring

Congratulations!🎉🎈🎊🍾

For every job created by technology, 100 are lost. I am not against technology, I am against this idea that every human must work all day, every day, as if tech hasn't replaced the need for manual labor.

Is this a video about Vertical Farming or is it just about Katie's life?

Great idea! Fascinating start-up! This series doesn't need to be so creepy, though.

Teacher: you cannot bring food to the classroom Kids in the back of the class:

I thought this was about the farm not about an employee Like the vid btw.

Does this go under “organic” when its grown in a lab without natural sunlight?

So these are the pros and cons of in door farming at least in my opinion: Pros: nutrition flow can be highly regulated, Water is not lost but instead can be recycled Cons: High energy consumption Ergo: the costs can only hardly being minimized. But still I see great chances of the implications in deserts, where water and nutrients are scarce and energy is cheap

I am in Japan. I want to work this vertical farm. What a nice farm. I never seen before.

I love this business and would love to run a farm like this but I really don't see this technology creating more jobs then traditional farming and as a matter of fact it will destroy far more then it creates.

Why are they using white light? Wouldn't it be more efficient to use red light?

Bloomberg is something which Journalism should be.

7:53 sanity levels dropping~ Aperture needs to produce a companion cube

Multi-million indoor veggie farm but it only supplies 3 grocery stores & 1 restaurant? 🤔 Does it operate on solar &/or wind energy? If not, it seems to not be very sustainable. Maybe everyone should just buy their own Aerogarden for their house & grow their own salads year-round.