deepstash
Beta
How the Dutch Use Architecture to Feed the World
The greenhouse capital
Dutch agriculture is defined by vast landscapes of greenhouses. Some are covering 175 acres.
In the Westland region, greenhouses fill the voids between cities, suburbs, and industrial plants.
43 SAVES
This is a professional note extracted from an online article.
Read more efficiently
Save what inspires you
Remember anything
IDEA EXTRACTED FROM:
5
Key Ideas
An agricultural giant
The greenhouse capital
Dutch agriculture is defined by vast landscapes of greenhouses. Some are covering 175 acres.
In the Westland region, greenhouses fill the voids between cities, suburbs, and industrial plants.
Hydroponics
Tech-savvy farmers use hydroponic systems and geothermal energy to produce high yields using limited resources.
Due to a controlled indoor environment, Dutch greenhouses use 1:1 gallons of water per pound of tomatoes produced, compared to the 25.6-gallon global average.
The Dutch environmental performance
- Double-glazed roofs allow for the retention of heat.
- Light modular steel frames allow for expansion.
- Some operators make use of the CO2 from a local oil refinery to aid plant growth.
- LED lights allow for plants to continue growing throughout the night. This takes into account the Dutch legislation that states that 98% of electric lighting must be contained within the greenhouses.
Commitment to sustainable agriculture
In the early 2000s, the Dutch made a national commitment to a new form of sustainable agriculture that uses no chemical pesticides and has seen a reduction of antibiotics by 60%.
With new techniques and understanding to feed ever-increasing urban populations, the Netherlands will move further away from the natural, and more towards artificial, industrial, and controlled.
SIMILAR ARTICLES & IDEAS:
3
Key Ideas
Quality and price
A higher price doesn’t really mean higher quality.
The higher price does not just reflect the added cost of organic agriculture techniques. Also, people will pay more for the label, of...
Organic food and the environment
Many organic farmers, especially the large ones, don’t skip pesticides and fertilizers, they just use natural options, which are hardly risk-free.
Organic vs. conventional foods
Any additional nutritional benefits from organic foods, compared with conventional, are very small.
Ultimately, if you want more nutrients, eat more vegetables, organic or not.
11
Key Ideas
Go Green
Being Eco-friendly is not confined to experts and environmentalists.
- According to the Yogic concept of Ahimsa, or Non-Violence, man should not be aggressively destroying the env...
Turn Off Electronic Devices
75 percent of home electricity is consumed while plugged in but not in use.
Use LED Light
Use LED light bulbs at your home, as they use 60% less energy.
8 more ideas
4
Key Ideas
Untreated trauma and its negative effects
All individual who has ever dealt with trauma knows that healing can take a lot of time if it eventually happens. Untreated trauma seems to leave scars on our brain, altering the way we perceive...
Trauma changes our brain
After having experienced trauma, our brain can not function properly anymore, at least for a while.
Among the negative effects that trauma leads to there is the risk of developing physical illnesses or the so-called Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
When dealing with PTSD, the three parts of our brain, which are responsible for processing stress, suffer changes: the hippocampus, the amygdala function and the prefrontal/ anterior cingulate function.
one more idea