Green Tech South West are delighted to welcome Lilly Manzoni, Head of Research & Development at LettUs Grow to explain all about aeroponic technology. LettUs Grow are a Bristol based vertical farming startup developing sustainable farming technologies.
Lilly: "Sustainable food production is huge! The global food system is a fundamental part of the conversation about sustainability, and a huge part of the impact is the result of food waste and inefficiencies in the global food system. There are various different percentages but approximately 20% of global emissions are attributed to agriculture (FAO). With our large and growing population, the production of food is best understood as an industrial process. Within such a vast, globalised system any waste, be it waste of water, nutrients, the energy used to store or transport the product or waste of the final food product itself, impacts across the whole food system".