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Turning Photons Into Food

Apogee Instruments Inc. · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Environment, agriculture & food systemsRenewables, batteries & storage

What it is

Dr. Bruce Bugbee walks through the calculations for crop yield potential when light is the limiting factor, from photosynthetic quantum yield through respiration efficiency and harvest index, using the Energy Cascade Model.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in vertical farming debates as a rigorous look at when indoor crops are economically viable.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “an extremely deep dive into the exact scientific measurements at which certain plant markets become viable at certain energy prices you will find this half hour very well spent”

    Deep dive on when indoor crops become economically viable.

    cagenut, 2020-06 · Strong recommendation · in “What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand about agriculture”

  2. “If you think LEDs have gotten epic, check out his research.”

    Research on LED efficiency for growing lettuce indoors.

    halbritt, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity”

  3. “here's an informative talk from Bruce Bugsbee of Apogee Instruments”

    Informative technical talk on crop lighting efficiency and viability.

    SomewhatLikely, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Vertical farming does not save space”

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Topics: vertical farming, photosynthesis, led lighting, crop yield, controlled environment agriculture

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