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People heavily rely on large-scale farms to grow and ship produce to
their local grocery stores. These farms are not always domestic and can
be located on the other side of the world. This has become an issue
today due to the high transportation costs associated with bringing
copious amounts of produce to crowded urban areas as well as to areas
that cannot sustain themselves with the local land. Furthermore, the
preservatives that are required to allow produce to make it to market
inflate this cost. In addition to these economic costs, there are the
environmental impacts associated with transporting across these
distances.
Integrated Farming System (IFS) Project’s goal is to
solve these issues by bringing the farms to these areas through an
automated farming system. This system will be enclosed either in its own
facility or housed within another existing building. The key is to
minimize the amount of real estate required for these systems relative
to how much land would be needed by a comparable farm. The constructed
model focused on the caring aspects of the overall system. This
prototype has proven the feasibility of the system’s design to save
space while reducing crop costs.
Integrated Farming System (IFS) would be able to
automatically seed, care for and harvest crops without any user
assistance. Although not large, the prototype shows that this overall
system is plausible as well as expandable due to its modular design.
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