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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.50,0:00:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so long ago, in December 2015,\NI was invited to a party.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.90,0:00:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A friend of mine was celebrating his PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.02,0:00:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a great evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.20,0:00:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had lots of fun, couple of beers, \Nreally good homemade food.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.13,0:00:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, as we were \Ncelebrating his academic success,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.03,0:00:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a while, he wanted to talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.29,0:00:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we the guests were interested\Nto learn more about his work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.52,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you know that most of our food\Nis highly dependent on oil?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.84,0:00:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was his question\Nto introduce his work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.18,0:00:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And do you know we are running\Nout of soil to grow our food?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.49,0:00:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was his second question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.38,0:00:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.40,0:01:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was stunned because I was \Nabsolutely not aware of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.73,0:01:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was immediately fascinated by those\Nunknown challenges of food production.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.56,0:01:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was thrilled, as my friend claimed\Nto have a solution to those challenges:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.72,0:01:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,urban vertical farming.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.52,0:01:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vertical farming as a method\Nto save soil and energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.02,0:01:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a solution to grow food\Nlocally where we live,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.06,0:01:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hearts of our cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.32,0:01:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and save the scarce \Nresources of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.01,0:01:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so thrilled that I quit my job\Nand joined my friend
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.72,0:01:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to found the vertical farm institute.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.98,0:01:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this party, two years ago,\Nled my way to you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.31,0:01:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I learn about food\Nproduction every day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.77,0:01:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my work of vertical farm institute \Nis simply mind-blowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.58,0:01:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although actually being \Na rather quiet person,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.52,0:01:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to be here and talk to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.28,0:02:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I eat, because I love good food, \Nand because I really love our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.99,0:02:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we seriously endanger this planet \Nbecause of the way we produce food today.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.68,0:02:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in a perfect world.\NHere, you see this pin? That's my house.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.39,0:02:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still an urban touch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.68,0:02:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but right in the middle of fields, \Nmeadows, forests, some farms around.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.14,0:02:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I buy locally grown organic food
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.09,0:02:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Friday, at our market\Nin my hometown, Ottensheim.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.38,0:02:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the chicken personally,\Nwhose eggs I eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.09,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the farmer of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.54,0:02:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my friend Michael.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.84,0:02:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have my own garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.49,0:02:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grow my own tomatoes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.92,0:02:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I preserve my own vegetables.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.42,0:02:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.56,0:02:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you live in a similar surrounding,\Nyou might live in the same world as me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.88,0:02:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is this the world \Nwe all are living in?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.42,0:02:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us change our perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.06,0:03:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how many people\Nlive today, city of Beijing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.63,0:03:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where our food comes from, \NMato Grosso in Brazil,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.90,0:03:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a rain forest, now devastated \Nfor the production of our soy beans.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.27,0:03:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where tomatoes\Ncome from - Almería in Spain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.45,0:03:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually not,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.51,0:03:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what we see as tourists.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.54,0:03:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where tomatoes really come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.11,0:03:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what you see here\Nare plastic greenhouses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.84,0:03:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plastic covering an area bigger \Nthan Austria's capital, Vienna.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.82,0:03:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually, this does not look\Ntoo good. It is really bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.59,0:03:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This way of agriculture consumes\Ntoo much resources, soil and energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.93,0:03:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's absolutely not sustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.99,0:03:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to spell this out for you clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.08,0:03:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as my friend did\Nat the party two years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.71,0:04:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make you understand\Nwhy I could not let this go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.58,0:04:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.89,0:04:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fertilizers consist of fossil resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.41,0:04:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fossil resources are needed to transport\Nthe tomatoes from Almería to your table.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.85,0:04:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fossil resources are needed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.44,0:04:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to heat the glasshouses\Nwhere our domestic tomatoes grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.34,0:04:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And fossil resources are needed to heat \Nthe stoves on which you cook your food.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.10,0:04:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fossil resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.93,0:04:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this means with every bite you eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.67,0:04:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you consume oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we really want\Nto eat food fueled by fuel?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.29,0:04:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One third of the world's total primary\Nenergy is used for the food sector,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.11,0:04:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fossil resources, hydrocarbon energy, oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.49,0:05:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what I mean\Nwhen I speak of energy related to food.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.98,0:05:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I said, it doesn't really\Nlook good; it's really bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.77,0:05:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's bad for our planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.20,0:05:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is only\Nwhere we are right now, today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.58,0:05:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's have a look ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.03,0:05:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 2050, we're expected to be\N9 or even 10 billion people on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.21,0:05:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seventy percent of us \Nwill live in urban areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.20,0:05:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of us will live\Nin one of 400 mega cities on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.04,0:05:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How will we feed all those people?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.63,0:05:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.70,0:05:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use arable land as big as the whole\Nof South America to grow our grain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.07,0:05:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to mention land used by animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.92,0:05:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To feed us in 2050,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.06,0:05:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need additional arable land as big\Nas Australia; that's a whole continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.84,0:06:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news: there is\Nstill arable land available.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.57,0:06:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bad news: it's mostly \Ncovered in the rain forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.16,0:06:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the only way to access\Nnew arable land is deforestation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.19,0:06:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cut into our planet's green lung
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.87,0:06:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow more grain, to feed cows,\Nto have burgers to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.56,0:06:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.70,0:06:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what this picture shows?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.20,0:06:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each and every of those spots here, \Nhundreds, perhaps thousands, is a fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.54,0:06:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's man-made fires and flamed\Nto burn down our rain forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.36,0:06:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultivate new land - cultivation \Nmeans destruction in this case.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.42,0:06:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Destruction of living environment\Nfor animals, insects, us people of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.14,0:06:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not even to mention the damage \Ndone to oxygen production.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.42,0:07:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This picture was taken\Nby NASA in spring of 2017.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.41,0:07:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows the Congo Delta in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.09,0:07:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's still a bit abstract,\Nso let me give you the idea of the scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.85,0:07:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fires burning here
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.40,0:07:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a size bigger than Italy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.93,0:07:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they might still\Nbe burning, just right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.91,0:07:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think that maybe \NI'm being overly dramatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.49,0:07:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our supermarkets,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.85,0:07:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there're so many products labeled\Nas domestic Austrian products,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.55,0:07:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the situation cannot be so bad at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.92,0:07:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we really need to be bothered about \Nwhat's going on in Brazil or in Africa?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.09,0:07:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say: yes, we should be.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.87,0:07:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you two figures.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.34,0:07:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 80% of all the tomatoes\Nwe consume here in Austria are imported,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.83,0:07:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and almost 50% of all our\Nlivestock products are imported as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.29,0:08:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This way of producing food\Nis not sustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.91,0:08:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our current mass food production\Nis slowly killing the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.70,0:08:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.59,0:08:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single one of us here in this room?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.97,0:08:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buy organic, locally grown products.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.35,0:08:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eat, preferably, only seasonal\Nfruits and vegetables.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.81,0:08:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eat less meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.16,0:08:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generally, be a little bit more humble,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.48,0:08:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to live by what \Nnature provides, if possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.18,0:08:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all here, we can change the world,\Nand we will change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.08,0:08:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we are here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.30,0:08:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not just the bystanders\Nof history, we make history.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.64,0:08:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, at least that is\Nwhat we like to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.46,0:08:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To reach big goals,\Nwe have to think really big,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.33,0:08:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to think outside the box,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.75,0:08:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to bring\Nfood production to where we live.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.63,0:09:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait a minute. Outside the box?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.57,0:09:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food has always been grown\Njust where people lived
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.09,0:09:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for eleven thousand years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.04,0:09:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only until 100 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.21,0:09:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when alongside the rise\Nof trains and transportation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.66,0:09:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food was grown elsewhere\Nand brought to our cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.35,0:09:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not sold at markets anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.96,0:09:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in stores and supermarkets\Nspread all over the cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.08,0:09:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this complete decentralization\Nof food production and distribution
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.28,0:09:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only possible because a massive \Namount of resources is put in:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.88,0:09:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soil and energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.72,0:09:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to solve this problem,\Nwe'll just do what always has been done.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.86,0:09:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But using today's technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.86,0:09:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by growing locally,\Nwe cut out transportation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.21,0:09:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By growing vertically,\Nwe massively reduce the soil needed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.90,0:09:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a factor 50 or even more.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.59,0:10:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by growing in intelligently designed,\Nmulti-functional buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.04,0:10:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we massively reduce the energy needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.34,0:10:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can grow food without\Nor almost without fossil resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.16,0:10:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our solution, today's solution\Nof vertical farms.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.12,0:10:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember the party\NI told you about, two years ago?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.62,0:10:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend celebrating \Nwas Daniel Podmirseg.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.12,0:10:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His work is dedicated to vertical farming,\Nand it's groundbreaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.26,0:10:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daniel is the head of research\Nat the vertical farm institute.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.79,0:10:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he has one very strong vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.68,0:10:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,urban vertical farming\Nin multi-functional buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.01,0:10:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,integrating urban functions,\Nsuch as markets, restaurants, offices,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.49,0:10:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and using sunlight\Nas efficiently as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.94,0:10:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Call it hybrid system,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.85,0:11:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stacked greenhouse, hyper building,\Nor simply vertical farm.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.84,0:11:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you see here is the blue print\Nof the future of food.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.12,0:11:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not my words,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.89,0:11:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Dickson Despommier,\Nthe godfather of vertical farming.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.55,0:11:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The currently dominant design \Nin indoor farming is a closed system,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.55,0:11:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,controlled environments, 100% LED light,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.03,0:11:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an environment rather easy to control
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.56,0:11:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all the disturbing \Nexternal influences are cut out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.08,0:11:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we consider not only soil,\Nbut also energy, a really scarce resource,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.57,0:11:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do we cut out the most \Nprecious resource we have, sunlight?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.67,0:11:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sunlight, it's a matter\Nof overall energy efficiency,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.35,0:11:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also a matter of taste.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.43,0:11:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deeper we get into plant physiology,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.35,0:11:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we learn about so called\Nsecondary metabolites.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.66,0:12:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secondary metabolites \Nare organic compounds
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.83,0:12:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not directly involved in the normal\Ngrowth and development of plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.66,0:12:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chemical structures adding surplus\Nto the plants, taste among others.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.37,0:12:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers, by the way, also believe\Nthat they are beneficial for human health.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.37,0:12:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you all have eaten\Na tomato grown in a greenhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.47,0:12:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tasting of absolutely nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.34,0:12:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's those secondary \Nmetabolites that add taste,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.48,0:12:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make our food really good \Nand really healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.89,0:12:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as far as we know today,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.90,0:12:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need the full range\Nof sunlight in order to develop,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.12,0:12:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only ultra violet\Nand red light as provided by LEDs.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.58,0:12:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So indoor farming as we know it today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.53,0:12:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not really a solution, \Nbut vertical farming is.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.53,0:12:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me explain to you why,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.31,0:12:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let me explain to you \Nwhy our proposal is so special.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.60,0:13:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to design multi-functional \Nbuildings for food production,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.88,0:13:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buildings that also provide other\Nimportant functions for and to a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.97,0:13:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want to produce\Nas sustainably as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.76,0:13:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by minimizing resource input.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.90,0:13:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food production in the heart of the city
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.26,0:13:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opens opportunities for local economy,\Nsocial life, public life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.48,0:13:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need new market areas,\Nnew public spaces to buy the food.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.26,0:13:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps, we even watched\Nhow the food grew.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.37,0:13:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last months, weeks, days,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.100,0:13:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were looking forward\Nto finally tasting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.46,0:13:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We form a new relationship\Nwith what we eat
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.10,0:13:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we see where and how it was grown.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.74,0:13:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The black box, as we've seen it. \NYou remember the closed system?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.64,0:13:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to control.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.75,0:13:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It provides very stable conditions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.26,0:14:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore high \Npredictability of the outcomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.01,0:14:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Economically seen, that might make sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.74,0:14:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why should we bring \Nthe light to the plants
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.73,0:14:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we could also bring \Nthe plants to the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.77,0:14:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This question might seem weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.25,0:14:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But letting in sunlight might be\Nthe real game changer in urban farming,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.34,0:14:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it leads to more energy\Nefficient production
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.14,0:14:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and better and healthier products.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.47,0:14:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in our farms we use sunlight\Nto grow the food.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.37,0:14:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, what an invention.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.31,0:14:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of putting lots LED in the farm\Nand turning them on for 16 hours a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.78,0:14:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we grow behind transparent facades,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.51,0:14:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as in a greenhouse, simply.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.52,0:14:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still, there is one challenge left.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.24,0:15:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In buildings as huge as ours,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.43,0:15:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sunlight does not penetrate\Nthe building completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.16,0:15:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the further away from the facade,\Nthe darker it gets inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.72,0:15:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.03,0:15:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that each and every plant receives \Nthe same amount of daylight.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.89,0:15:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to insure this, we transport \Nthe plants through the building,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.11,0:15:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we deliver the plants to the \Nfacade and to the sunlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.56,0:15:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for this transportation, \Nwe use conveyor belts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.12,0:15:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depending on design of the building \Nand a lot of other parameters,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.50,0:15:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as geography, surroundings,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.05,0:15:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those belts might be \Nrotating horizontally,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.99,0:15:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vertically, or in three dimensions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.24,0:15:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In any case, they move really slowly,\Nand they consume very little energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.70,0:15:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we also do have LEDs in our farm,\Nbut they only go on when and where needed,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.70,0:15:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,triggered by photo sensors.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.16,0:16:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the overall energy\Nconsumption in our farm
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.68,0:16:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is way less than in the black box.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.98,0:16:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, by letting in sunlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.29,0:16:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we promote the creation\Nof secondary metabolites,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.39,0:16:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore we produce \Nbetter and healthier food.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.65,0:16:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with the institute\Nof building and technology at Graz -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.84,0:16:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of building and energy - sorry -\Nat Graz University of Technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.89,0:16:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we develop what is the future of food,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.15,0:16:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multi-functional vertical farms\Nin the hearts of our cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.37,0:16:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we propose here \Nwill be the new normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.83,0:16:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not today, at least not in Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.45,0:16:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japan or China are way ahead of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.29,0:16:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of struggling \Nstill lies ahead of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.94,0:16:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research has to be done\Nand technology has to improve.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.37,0:16:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to create acceptance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.08,0:16:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for products grown indoor \Nin the hearts of our cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.77,0:17:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want to help to raise awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.37,0:17:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how food and energy\Ndepend on each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.90,0:17:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I am sure vertical farming
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.95,0:17:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plays a crucial part\Nin securing the future of food
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.95,0:17:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in securing the future of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.56,0:17:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope very much that I was able today\Nto plant the seed in your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.45,0:17:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)