Imagination is the Limit

Imagination is the Limit

March 31, 2023

SEA OF GREEN

By Duncan Cameron, SOW Consulting LLCMarch 31, 2023

I have been putting a lot of thought lately into what established paradigms really do to and for us. Sure, it's important to focus your view in order to be more efficient in getting to whatever your stated goal is. But that comes at a price. Having a narrow focus keeps you from seeing the possibilities that exist on the periphery of your vision. Specializing may make you a heart surgeon but won't help you come up with the theory of evolution, think that scratching a record is a good thing or discover penicillin. Thinking outside of the box requires that you give yourself the freedom to push the envelope and accept what you actually see, not what you think is right.

Indoor farming has the opportunity to reinvent how we grow plants and fungi on every level. Cannabis growers showed us that you can give plants 24 hours of light.

has been pioneering film farming for decades and a CEA operation in Sweden is utilizing waste

to create a circular economy, allowing them to grow cucumbers in the far north. People are even experimenting

What's next is only limited by your imagination

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PRODUCT NEWS

I've been reluctant to try aeroponics for years but my mind is starting to change. Sure the capex is substantial. Yes, there are a lot of moving parts and of course the power might go out but the same holds true in your current grow right? The wins are in labor savings, opex (no more need for growing medium) and the ability to see what is happening in the root zone.

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Thanks for reading, d