Food is now grown an average of 1,500 miles from where it is consumed. This requires tremendous amounts of fossil fuels for transportation and results in spoilage of one-third of produce globally.
Supply chain interruptions reduce food security. Increasing use of pesticides is leading to increasing pollution of drinking water by leaching chemicals into ground water supplies. Symbiotic Systems’ technology addresses three major challenges to the transformation of agriculture from distantly grown outdoors to locally grown and climate controlled.