![]() “We did not scout a location that was perfect in terms of sun and seasons, and the exposure to strong storms,” he says of the Noli site, which was chosen due to its proximity to his family vacation home. In 2019, a powerful storm broke some of the biospheres. Gamberini says the pilot project has not been without challenges – in particular, unavoidable weather events. Cultured meat is produced by taking skeletal muscle cells from animals and growing them on three-dimensional constructs called scaffolds, which provide. “In our studies Nemo’s Garden has 58% more fish than the surrounding environment, so it has a repopulation effect,” he adds. A 2020 study from Università di Pisa concluded that basil from the garden had a higher essential oil concentration and contained more antioxidants.Īs for its physical footprint, Gamberini says that the aquatic farm attracts sea life, instead of disturbing it. Studies ranging in nature from pharmaceutical to culinary have been conducted on Nemo’s Garden. “We tested hundreds of different plants ranging from strawberries to tomatoes, beans, and of course, herbs,” he adds. But they can fit anywhere from 70 to 100 smaller plants, Gamberini says. Since the biospheres are only about two meters in diameter, they can’t grow bigger crops like corn or wheat. When it’s time to harvest, a diver will clip the vegetation, place it in bags and float it to the surface. Courtesy OceanReefGroupĮverything is monitored on land through cameras and sensors, and settings can be adjusted remotely from anywhere in the world, Gamberini says. Nemo's Garden, pictured, is one novel idea to help feed a growing population. Ten years on, Nemo’s Garden is growing strong. In 2012, the project began with planting basil in a balloon underwater. His father and founder of underwater gear company Ocean Reef Group, Sergio Gamberini, came up with the idea by combining his two passions – scuba diving and gardening. “The mission of this technology is to change agriculture, to give it an added possibility for growing produce on the huge amount of coastlines of the Earth, while being sustainable and not affecting the environment,” co-founder Luca Gamberini tells CNN. ![]() ![]() Located off the coast of Noli, Italy, southwest of Genoa, the farm consists of an array of suspended, transparent, dome-shaped greenhouses called biospheres, anchored to the bottom of the sea. Nemo’s Garden is the world’s first underwater cultivation system of terrestrial plants. When you think of the next frontier for growing food, you might think of distant plans to cultivate crops on Mars.īut one Italian family in the diving equipment business believes the next untapped arable expanse is right here on Earth: the sea. ![]()
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