Our method of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) incorporates a controlled, ecologically sound environment. We do the following:
1) We avoid using chemical pesticides by encouraging natural pest predators to keep pest insect numbers down.
2) We prevent agricultural runoff by using a closed loop hydroponic system that allows for the recycling of water and nutrients.
Pesticides
We employ biological control agents, such as the introduction of natural predators like ladybirds to keep pest numbers down and limit the use of chemical plant protection products.
Harmful Plant protection products are pesticides that are mainly used to keep crops healthy and prevent them from being destroyed by disease and pest. They include herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, plant growth regulators and repellents.
Agricultural runoff
Our hydroponic soluble nutrient formulas are re-circulated in closed loop system that eliminates environmental pollution from agricultural runoff.
Pollutants from traditional field farming include soil particles, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, salts, and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. High levels of nitrates from fertilisers in runoff can contaminate drinking water and cause potentially fatal “blue baby” syndrome in very young infants by disrupting oxygen flow in the blood.
Polluted agricultural runoff is the leading source of water pollution in rivers and lakes, according to research. It can also trigger algae blooms in coastal waters, and produce “dead zones” in the ocean where there is no oxygen and few fish or wildlife can survive. In cities and suburbs, urban and industrial runoff is also a major source of water pollution.
Agricultural runoff can create a bad taste and odor in drinking water and contaminate drinking water, well water, and food sources. The pesticides in runoff can accumulate in fish, which can expose people who eat the fish to high levels of these chemicals.
