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What is this?

🎯 Simulator Tips

📚 Glossary

VerticalFarming

Growing crops in stacked layers indoors

CEA

Controlled Environment Agriculture

Hydroponics

Growing plants in water with nutrients

Aeroponics

Growing with roots misted in air

NFT

Nutrient Film Technique

DWC

Deep Water Culture

LED

Light Emitting Diode

PAR

Photosynthetically Active Radiation

Photoperiod

Light hours per day

VPD

Vapor Pressure Deficit

🏆 Key Figures

Dickson Despommier

Vertical farm concept pioneer

Nate Storey

Co-founder of Plenty

💬 Message to Learners

{'encouragement': "You're learning about technology that could help feed humanity sustainably. Vertical farming is already producing millions of pounds of food in cities around the world.", 'reminder': 'The combination of AI, LED technology, and hydroponics has made vertical farming practical. This is real technology feeding real people today.', 'action': 'Design your vertical farm in the simulator. Optimize climate settings. See how AI improves yields. Calculate the economics.', 'dream': 'An agricultural engineer from Kenya might develop vertical farming for African climates. An entrepreneur from Nigeria might bring fresh produce to cities year-round. Food security needs innovation everywhere.', 'wiaVision': 'WIA Pin Code believes food security knowledge should be universal. Vertical farming could transform agriculture in developing nations where water is scarce and arable land limited.'}