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Resource Magazine March/April 2013 Engineering and Technology for A from the President What we all have in common t this year’s AETC meeting number, so here’s another way to think about it: We will need in Kansas City, Missouri, I to produce more food in the first half of this century than we had the honor of presenting did in the previous 100 centuries combined! Along with food A ASABE’s annual AE50 production, clean water will become critical. And renewable Awards to representatives of a vari- sources must supply a major part of our energy. Agricultural ety of companies for theirand recent, biological engineers can provide solutions to these chal- innovative products. Like our lenges, and we’ll do it by improving the efficiency of our Society, the products covered many global food system. areas. There were new tractors and portable food analyzers. The contributors to this special issue have a wide variety New material handling systems and apps for smart phones. of ideas, and they also have something in common: To feed Automated control systems and new spray nozzles. However, the world, the world will need more of us—more agricultural all the award winners had one thing in common: Efficiency.and biological engineers. So encourage bright young people All of these products improve the efficiency ofto productionjoin our profession, as many already have. And work with and promote efficient use of resources. AETC was youralso schoolsthe to promote science and engineering. Many of us setting for the first-ever Silver and Gold AE50 Award presen- participated in E-week in February, but promoting our profes- tations. Working with AEM, we chose ten outstanding inno-sion is a year-round program. The need for agricultural and vations from the two previous years of AE50 winners.biological At engineers will continue to grow as the world pop- AETC, we presented six Silver awards and four Gold awards ulation grows. Together, we provide food, fiber, renewable for these great products. Please see the list of winners below. energy, and clean water in a healthy environment. do And we The theme of this issue is Urban Agriculture and, as sev- it efficiently. eral of the contributors point out, the world’s population will Tony Kajewski hit nine billion by the middle of thisThat’s century. a big [email protected] events calendar AE50 Gold and Silver Awards ASABE CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS Presented by ASABE and Resource magazine on January 29 To receive more information about ASABE conferences and meetings, at AGCONNECT Expo, we celebrate the best in AE50 technol- call ASABE at (800) 371-2723 or e-mail [email protected]. ogy innovations in agricultural, food, and biological systems. Congratulations to the Gold and Silver Award winners! 2013 July 21-24 ASABE Annual International Meeting. Gold Winners Kansas City, Missouri, USA. WR Series Self-Propelled Windrower ACGO Corporation 2014 DuPont™ PrecisionPac™ Herbicide July 13-16 ASABE Annual International Meeting. Dispensing System Montreal, Quebec, Canada. DuPont Crop Protection Machine Sync 2015 John Deere July 26-29 ASABE Annual International Meeting. FieldScout® GreenIndex+Spectrum Technologies New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Spectrum Technologies ASABE ENDORSED EVENTS Silver Winners 2013 Robo-Sharpener Case-IH Agriculture April 1-5 From Waste to Worth: “Spreading” Science and Centurion CDA600 Cultivator Drill Solutions. Grand Hyatt Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA. Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Express™ End-Cap May 19-22 13th National Watershed Conference, A Forum: HYPRO-Pentair Water The Future of Watershed Based Natural Resource Scorpio Spray Valve Conservation. Harrah’s Veranda Hotel and Tunica Conference Center, Tunica, Mississippi, USA. HYPRO-Pentair Water 7R Series Tractor May 27-19 3rd Climate Change Technology Conference John Deere (CCTC 2013): Engineering for Global Sentry 6140 Tip-Flow Monitor Sustainability. Concordia University, Montreal, Tee-Jet® Technologies Quebec, Canada. 2 March/April 2013 RESOURCE March/April 2013 Vol. 20 No. 2 engineering and technology for a sustainable world March/April 2013 Magazine Staff: Donna Hull, Publisher, [email protected]; Sue Mitrovich, Managing Editor, [email protected]; Glenn Laing, Contributing Editor, [email protected]; Melissa Miller, Professional Opportunities and FEATURES Production Editor, [email protected]; Sandy Rutter, Professional Listings, [email protected]; 4 The First Word— Darrin Drollinger, ASABE Executive Director, Exploring Urban Agriculture [email protected]. Guest Editors Gene Giacomelli Editorial Board: Chair Brian Steward, and Michael Munday Iowa State University; Secretary/Vice Chair, 6 Peri-Urban Horizontal Greenhouses Tony Grift, University of Illinois; Past Chair Louis Albright Rafael Garcia, USDA-ARS; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Victor Duraj, University 7 Maximizing Efficiency of California, Davis; William Reck, USDA- in Closed Ecosystems NRCS; Shane Williams, Kuhn North America; Alberto Battistelli Chad Yagow, John Deere Harvester Works; Jeong Yeol Yoon, University of Arizona. 8 The Need for Vertical Farms— Egyptian farmer with crop from new cultivars. Resource: Engineering & Technology Why We Can Have Them Now Photo courtesy of Merle H. Jensen. for a Sustainable World Dickson Despommier with Michael Munday (ISSN 1076-3333) (USPS 009-560) is published six times per year— 9 The Case for Space January/February, March/April, May/June, Michael Dixon 24 Urban Land Problems Yield July/August, September/October, 10 “Systems Agriculture” to Feed to Soil-less Solutions November/December—by the American Giacomo Scarascia-Mugnozza Society of Agricultural and Biological Nine Billion Engineers (ASABE), 2950 Niles Road, Nina Fedoroff and Pietro Santamaria St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659, USA. 11 Meeting Educational Needs in 25 The Future for Urban Greenhouses POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Controlled Environment Agriculture is Well-Grounded Resource, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI Merle H. Jensen Paul Selina 49085-9659, USA. Periodical postage is paid at St. Joseph, MI, USA, and additional post 12 What PFAL Means to Urban Agriculture 26 A Systems Concept for Controlled offices. Toyoki Kozai Environment Plant Production SUBSCRIPTIONS: Contact ASABE order 13 The Future of Controlled Environment K. C. Ting department, 269-932-7004. Agriculture 27 The Potential—and Limitations— COPYRIGHT 2013 by American Society of Alec Mackenzie of Urban Farming Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 14 Greenhouse Production in Marc van Iersel Permission to reprint articles available on 28 Food Production as Part of request. Reprints can be ordered in large The Netherlands quantities for a fee. Contact Donna Hull, Leo F. M. Marcelis and Silke Hemming a Biobased Economy 269-932-7026. Statements in this 15 The Role of Urban Food Production Peter van Weel publication represent individual opinions. Jennifer Nelkin 29 Spain and la Huerta Urbana Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Jeremy Werner Sustainable World and ASABE assume no 16 Feeding the World in Unexpected Ways responsibility for statements and opinions 18 Urban Growers Battle Food expressed by contributors. Views advanced in the editorials are those of the contributors Insecurity in Kenya and do not necessarily represent the official Allan Odhiambo DEPARTMENTS position of ASABE. 19 Designing and Building 2 President’s Message a Sustainable Urban Community ON THE COVER: Events Calendar Devon Patterson Village Farms, International, Inc. AE50 Gold and Silver Winners GATES™ advanced technology 20 Feeding Nine Billion by greenhouse, Monahans, Texas. Cultivating Innovation 30 Professional Opportunities Courtesy of Village Farms © Haley Paul 31 Professional Listings 2013. 21 Urban Agriculture: A New Paradigm of Planning and Policy Emmanuel Pratt 22 Lufa Farms: A Model of ERRATA Responsible Urban Agriculture In the January/February 2013 issue, author Lauren Rathmell Daniel L. Thomas, Oklahoma State University, American Society of should have been identified as Professor and Agricultural and 23 Bringing Slow Food to the City— Biological Engineers Head of the Biosystems and Agricultural 2950 Niles Road and to the Stars Engineering Department (not the Department of St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659, USA Silvio Rossignoli 269.429.0300, fax 269.429.3852 Biological and Agricultural Engineering). [email protected], www.asabe.org Resource regrets the error. firstv last word Exploring Urban Agriculture his special issue of Resource presents urban agricul- We believe that the current discussion about urban agri- ture as one promising path toward the goal of feed- culture is important and needs to reach a larger audience. Part ing our planet’s growing, and increasinglyof this discussion urban, concerns the role of controlled environment Tpopulation. Many of the tools to makeagriculture that (CEA) path and other technologies in urban agricul- viable come from controlled environment agricultureture. Another (CEA).part of the discussion is the emerging impor- The contributors to this issue, many CEA researcherstance of the andbio-sciences, which is happening in production practitioners, are explorers moving toward that goal. agriculture generally and in urban agriculture particularly. Urban agriculture is a viable, sustainable strategy for Overall, this is an exciting time for production agriculture. local food production that can respond to We asked the contributors to discuss global economic crises, food safety issues, their research, experience, and practices, and environmentalAround stresses. the and to describe the challenges they see. We world, the number of cities
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