Energy & Waste

The global food industry is a major energy user, accounting for an major increasment worldwide We realize that growing via Hydroponic, Aquaponic ,artificial lighting solutions requires more electricity than plants grown outdoors. Yet on the bright side, the LEDs that we use to grow in our Martower farm are extremely efficient requiring very little energy to make our little plants grow. More importantly, to tackle the carbon emissions from our energy usage, ZCF has committed to only using 100% renewable energy sources across all our sites wherever possible. Looking ahead, our next farm will have renewable energy at the core of its design and will be linked to nearby Hydrogen or solar sources. Moreover, we are also considering alternative approaches which offer a more cyclical solution.

The LEDs that we use to grow in our Martowers are extremely efficient requiring very little energy to make our little plants grow.

We want to be sustainable at every stage of our process. So wherever there is a chance for us to mash two potatoes with one fork, we want to exploit that. One such link is between waste & energy. Already our Martowes non-recyclable waste is sent away to be used to generate energy. We want to replicate a similar model in-house to ensure that our closed-loop system is as robust as possible. As part of this, non-recyclable waste generated from the activities at our next farm will be disposed of via an on-site anaerobic digester.

As the target to reach to net zero by 2050, our approach to growing will offer an increasingly competitive model to reshape the growing industry and match the worlds changing infrastructure in terms of energy, waste disposal and more.