[35997279]

It certainly won’t replace central CA, which is one of the most fertile regions in the world. However, if you live far from that region, as most of the country doe, the freshness and available variety of foods decreases. If indoor farming becomes viable, it would allow those regions to have fresh foods they don’t normally have access to.

I’d pay twice as much if I could get in Portland, ME the same kind of guac I get in LA.

[barathr]

A combination of fruit walls and traditional passive greenhouses can zone push far better than vertical farms:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/12/fruit-walls-urban-fa...

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/12/reinventing-the-gree...

[bushbaba]

Avocados and other ingredients used keep for long enough to drive them from Mexico to Portland. So not sure that’s a produce issue.

[rcme]

In Portland, you only get specific types of avocados that can be harvested while still hard and survive the journey. This applies to all types of produce: being transportable is more important than tastiness.

[dv_dt]

For certain crops some of those vast fields are basically setup with temporary greenhouse enclosures. It makes me think that there is some accessible state in between that is an improvement to current practice.

Especially if one thinks water may be more limited as we move forward. Water conserving techniques might be what makes or breaks some farming areas.

[HPsquared]

Air freight is probably cheaper.