A climate controlled greenhouse is the ideal setting for CEA

By mitigating the risk of common outdoor threats, like severe weather, fluctuating temperatures, and pests and disease, controlled environment agriculture can also help growers get more crops to market consistently.

For many growers, a climate controlled greenhouse is the best setting to implement controlled environment agriculture. Greenhouses combine the benefits of a natural growing environment with the precision control of indoor production, using the best qualities of both growing methods to create superior crops. When growers employ a climate controlled greenhouse for controlled environment agriculture, they can give their business, and profits, the much needed boost they're looking for.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE?

As a technology-based growing strategy, controlled environment agriculture takes a more modern approach to crop production.

Through this method, growers use an enclosed growing structure to create and customize ideal conditions for their crops. This allows them to produce crops of any kind throughout the entire year, regardless of the season or outdoor climate.

Even smaller, local growers can benefit from controlled environment agriculture. Since they can grow practically anything year-round, importing produce becomes cheaper for individual regions, and local growers get more business. With the rise in popularity of consuming locally grown crops, controlled environment agriculture can help even the smallest operations remain viable.

From a business standpoint, this production method is generally more efficient than outdoor farming as well. Outdoor agriculture demands more frequent manual labor and makes it harder to implement automation, which will likely be a key factor in keeping up with future food supply demands. Automated systems allow operations to streamline every aspect of their grow, improving efficiency and helping produce more frequent harvests.

HOW DO PLANTS GROW BETTER IN A GREENHOUSE?

There are a number of reasons growers should opt for a climate controlled greenhouse over an indoor facility. For starters, many crops benefit from improved growth in a greenhouse structure.

Lighting is a large factor in this. In a climate controlled greenhouse, crops grow primarily with the help of natural sunlight, which filters through a structure's cladding. Natural sunlight is more efficient than artificial lighting for photosynthesis in crops, and indoor facilities rely almost entirely on artificial light fixtures.

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Source: Agritech Tomorrow