The United States of America is continuously looked at as the land of agriculture. The nation was built by farmers and agriculture. After all, over 900 million acres of land in the nation are dedicated to farming. Yet, the new technology discussed in Tammy La Gorce’s article, “How Does This Garden Grow? To the Ceiling”, seems to be creating an entirely new future for the farming industry. This new way of growing crops seems to be hurtful to the future of agriculture. Although it may strongly benefit the economy and workforce in suburban and urban areas in the future, the very thing the country was built on will ultimately become non-existent. Overall, middle America seems to be in danger if this new technology developed by AeroFarms continues to expand throughout the country. This new technology be present in urban areas throughout the nation, unlike actual farms. This means that there is a quicker delivery and expiration time between AeroFarms and urban businesses. At the same time, AeroFarms has the ability to grow “75 times the crops per square foot of growing space compared with traditional field systems” and uses 95 percent less water. By growing more crops and using a significantly lesser amount of water, …show more content…
The AeroFarms will envelope rural America due to its cheap price to maintain and taking “the volatility of Mother Nature out of the equation.” Without having to worry of drought, damaging storms, or anything Mother Nature throws their way, AeroFarms seem as if they cannot be defeated. Of course, at the time, the AeroFarms only produce greens. Yet, as time goes on and their technology advances into more than just growing greens, they will conquer jobs, homes, and the hard, back-breaking work that generations of farmers have committed to their farms. They will be destroying everything the United States has been built