Association for Vertical Farming Summit 2015 in Beijing China. For more information, visit their website: https://vertical-farming.net/

1. Vertical Farming Technology
from Home Farming to Industrial Scale
By Maximilian Loessl
09.05.2015
Beijing

2. Can We?
Provide a
sustainable, safe
and abundant
food and water
supply for 10 billion
people?
Repair
Earth’s
damaged
ecosystems?
AND

3. global challenges

4. Depleting Fresh-water Sources
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Challenge:
80% of all freshwater is used in agriculture

5. Population Growth & Urbanization
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!
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Challenges:
Growing cities
80% urban population by 2050
Increasing demand for food in cities
!

6. Billion
People
Not including grazing
lands
Agricultural
Footprint
7

7. 0
2
4
6
8
10
Billion
Developing
Regions
Industrialized Regions
World Population Growth
1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
Sources: United Nations Population Division and Population References Bureau, 1993
By the year 2050 the human population will
increase by another 3 billion individuals

8. 3
Billion
People
7
Billion
People
Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change
David Tilman, et al.
SCIENCE Vol 292—April, 2001
Agricultural Footprint
+

9. Negative Effects of Agriculture
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!
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Challenges:
Pesticide use
Agricultural runoff
Ocean Acidification
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10. Food Transport
!
!
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Challenges:
Food Waste (1/3)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
!

11. Can We?
Provide a
sustainable, safe
and abundant
food and water
supply for 10 billion
people?
Repair
Earth’s
damaged
ecosystems?
AND

12. we can and we must.

15. • year-round production independent of:
– climate
– region
– pesticide use
– season
• less food waste
• less land use
• less food miles
• faster to consumer (=fresher)
Vertical Farming Benefits I

16. Vertical Farming Benefits II
• guaranteed food safety
• no heavy metals/pesticides
• up to 60% less fertilizer
• up to 98% less water
• 2-3x faster growth-rates
• higher vitamin & mineral content
• uniform & intense taste
• uniform yield

17. Vertical Farming Benefits III
solving different needs for different locations

18. What can be grown?
Plant-based
Food
Functional
foods
Vegetables
Herbs
Fruit/Berries
Edible
Flowers
Medicinal
Plants
Staple foods
Rice
Wheat
Corn
Potato
Suitable for
Vertical Farming

20. Vertical Farming Technology
plant cubeconsultancy

21. Plant Cube
! A device that lets you grow your own food
! Smart, fully automated and connected

22. What can you grow?
leafy greens berries herbs

23. 3x 60% 98%

25. What's next ?

26. Vertical Farming Technology
plant cube
commercial
farm
JVs
consultancy

27. Tianjin – Beijing
100-120 Mio. Einwohner

28. Collaborative Demo Farm Project in Beijing area 2015

29. Collaborative Demo Farm Project in Beijing area 2015
“100% software controlled optimal plant environment
for fresh, natural and clean foods
personalized for people’s specific needs”

30. !
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Maximilian Loessl
CEO & Co-Founder
+49 176 856 557 88
loessl@agrilution.com
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