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Re‐thinking the supply chain – reducing the Minimum Efficiency Scale
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The Industrial Revolution was only possible due to an Agricultural Revolution
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Cities are fed big retailers
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Many countries rely on imports
£7bn
…with suppliers making sustainability claims…
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…but current fresh produce supply chainhave a massive environmental impact
…but current fresh produce supply chainhave a massive environmental impact
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Vegetation rotting in plastic wrappers…
… is the hardest waste to recycle
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Beijing, London, Paris and many more seek to reduce air pollution by banning fossil fuelled vehicles. New developments will replace old industries
– often without roads
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The standard distribution curve has a big impact on agriculture
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For some Horticulture varieties…
…the need to fill a lorry means that only some harvest ready crops leave the farm
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Bringing the rural business model to a city:
• Allotment / market garden
• Stacking hydroponicsDelivering nutrients via water – can be without any soil / growing media
• Aeroponics Going beyond hydroponics by spraying nutrient rich water onto roots
• AquaponicsCombining hydroponics and aquaculture (fish farming)
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Allotment / market gardenA nice idea ‐ but not enough to feed a city
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Hydroponics
Usually complex Pipework, poor/no data
capture and
too much manual handling that
should be avoided
W f it b ildi
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Aeroponics‐ hydroponics for crops that cannot cope with
flooded roots.
Has nozzle blocking issues but gaining
popularity in specialist sectors
such as disease free seed potatoes
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AquaponicsGreat for education
…but not easy to scale. Fish the hardest bit and easiest to avoid
Adds 30% to costs &restricts crop varieties‐must be a very strong local demand to make it worthwhile in a city
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Current greenhouse cost model:
Seeds & Soil9% Labour
9%
Utilities12%
Greenhouse5%
Warehouse7%
Forklift2%
Transit Packaging24%
Diesel8%
Driver12%
Lorry12%
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Seeds & Soil 10%
Labour 10%
Energy 10%
greenhouse5%
Distribution65%
& up to 3 days
…but look at the total cost of distribution:
Logistic businesses always state the final mile is the most expensive – so that is the one to avoid
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Retailers sell £12‐1400 /m2/week 3 x what greenhouses grow in a year... So why try it in space costing 30‐50,000
All depend on Hydroponics with complex pipework and whole system control rather than
individual crop data
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Seeds & Soil8%
Labour8%
Utilities25%
Building20%Fuel
3%
Transit Packaging
18%
Drivers9%
Vans9%
Bringing the Greenhouse Business Model to a city can only add to costs
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‘The worst thing you can be doing is to do well the things that you shouldn’t be doing in the first place’
Chris Knight, CEO Lotus Cars
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Utilities
Install a lightweight automated greenhouse hereNo pollution Consume waste heat & CO2
No transit packagingA secure & reliable supply chain growing to order
Provenance from Seed to Sale™
So why not avoid distribution?
Greenhouse & monitoring
Seeds & soil
Labour
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CloudGro®whole turnkey supply chains
• Same CapEx ‐ low OpEx• Consume waste heat & CO2• no transit only packaging to buy or dispose of and full traceability ‐ Seed to Sale™
• Additional revenue:• maintenance, • monitoring • ‘grow to order’ crop planning service
• Managed in the Cloud
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Yesterday’s late crop arrives alongside today’s main and tomorrow’s early crop
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Creating a delay can improve quality and match a drop in demand…
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The ability to slow crop growth offers benefits – many improving quality.
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Data is King in today’s world…
Traditional agriculture is collecting more data than Controlled Environment Agriculture
Fields can be mapped by down to individual plants yet most Vertical Farming data is
homogenised to facility level.
CFS track individual trays with RFID & offer data from Seed to Sale™
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Re‐thinking the supply chain – reducing
Thank you Jonathan Lodge
jonathan@city‐farm‐systems.com