Tag Archives: urban agriculture

Sales Projections

Microgreens

10″ between pans, 4 pans per rack, 30″x60″ pan size, 4 trays per pan, 1 pound expected yield per tray, 1 week harvest, $80 per pound price
One rack of 4 pans 30″x60″ each: 800W LED, 960W total
(4 pans/rack)*(4 trays/pan)*(1 pound/tray) = 16 pounds per week yield
(16 pounds)*($80/pound) = $1,280 per week income
($1,280/week)*(52 weeks/year) = $66,560 annual income
One 40′ cargo container with 8 racks of pans: 6.4 kW LED, 7.7 kW total
(8 racks/container)*(4 pans/rack)*(4 trays/pan)*(1 pound/tray) = 128 pounds per week yield
(128 pounds)*($80/pound) = $10,240 per week income
($10,240/week)*(52 weeks/year) = $532,480 annual income

Tall Plants

48″ between pans, 2 pans per rack, 30″x60″ pan size, 8 of 10 gallon fabric pot with ceramic substrate per pan, 1 pound expected yield per pot, 3 month harvest, $800 per pound price
One rack of 2 pans 30″x60″ each: 1600W LED, 1920W total
(2 pans/rack)*(8 pots/pan)*(1 pound/pot) = 16 pounds per harvest yield
(16 pounds)*($800/pound) = $12,800 per harvest income
($1,280/harvest)*(4 harvests/year) = $51,200 annual income
One 40′ cargo container with 8 racks of pans: 12.8 kW LED, 15.4 kW total
(8 racks/container)*(2 pans/rack)*(8 pots/pan)*(1 pound/pot) = 128 pounds per harvest yield
(128 pounds)*($800/pound) = $102,400 per harvest income
($102,400/harvest)*(4 harvests/year) = $409,600 annual income

Chieri Kubota – Video on Optimizing Plant Performance

Chieri Kubota’s video published on the SciTechReports YouTube channel on June 11, 2012 titled “Optimizing Plant Performance – Plants Spliced, LED Lights Glow, & Strawberries Bloom” https://youtu.be/Rhbo_zna9HQ addresses the need for plants to have specific colors of LED lights including far red (2:20), red (2:45), and blue (3:17) to engineer plants with superior traits. She also mentions enhancing the flavor of strawberries in a controlled environment (4:38), lack of strawberries grown in green houses in the United States as opposed to Japan (5:02), chemical fumigants to control pest and disease in crops not grown in a controlled environment (5:12), and that a strawberry crop is a good candidate for local production with better worker efficiency and production (5:44).