I’ve been kicking around a very similar restaurant. The front is a normal restaurant, the back is a very large warehouse with very efficient, vertical farm, probably hydroponic. In addition to providing most of the ingredients, it would also share air with the restaurant. Customers could enjoy very fresh foods and fresh, farm air.
I don’t know enough about this field to make it work, but I do think that the amount of farming space is probably larger than anyone thinks. You’d need crops in all stages of their development all the time, yet enough of them in harvest/fruit-bearing stages to satisfy the daily menu.
I also worry if it’s hydroponic, perhaps the air quality will not be pleasant for visitors, considering the nutrients that would need to be added all the time.
TBH, I don’t want to make this, but I do want it to exist.
I’ve been kicking around a very similar restaurant. The front is a normal restaurant, the back is a very large warehouse with very efficient, vertical farm, probably hydroponic. In addition to providing most of the ingredients, it would also share air with the restaurant. Customers could enjoy very fresh foods and fresh, farm air.
I don’t know enough about this field to make it work, but I do think that the amount of farming space is probably larger than anyone thinks. You’d need crops in all stages of their development all the time, yet enough of them in harvest/fruit-bearing stages to satisfy the daily menu.
I also worry if it’s hydroponic, perhaps the air quality will not be pleasant for visitors, considering the nutrients that would need to be added all the time.
TBH, I don’t want to make this, but I do want it to exist.