Accordingly, the inventor has conceived and reduced to practice, a system and method of farming using a computer controlled micro-environment suitable for soil-based and soilless growing media that is sustainable and totally automated from seed to harvest. The system utilizes software, sensor networks, and computing hardware that monitors and alters the environment in the growing units and provides nutrients, water, lighting, air flow, and temperature control specific to the crop being cultivated in one or a combination of vertical assemblies of growing units with electronically controlled features. Each unit is enabled to independently seed, cultivate, and produce a mature crop and discharge the contents for further processing for the intended market.

Accordingly, the inventor has conceived and reduced to practice, a system and method of farming using a computer controlled micro-environment suitable for soil-based and soilless growing media that is sustainable and totally automated from seed to harvest. The system utilizes software, sensor networks, and computing hardware that monitors and alters the environment in the growing units and provides nutrients, water, lighting, air flow, and temperature control specific to the crop being cultivated in one or a combination of vertical assemblies of growing units with electronically controlled features. Each unit is enabled to independently seed, cultivate, and produce a mature crop and discharge the contents for further processing for the intended market.

A system for identifying ponding water located on a field from image data is described. In an approach, an image of an agricultural field is analyzed using a classifier that has been trained based on the spectral bands of labeled image pixels to identify a probability for each pixel within the image that the pixel corresponds to water. A flow simulation is performed to determine regions of the field that are likely to pool water after rainfall based on precipitation data, elevation data, and soil property data of the field. A graph of vertices representing the pixels and edges representing connections between neighboring pixels is generated. The probability of each pixel within the graph being ponding water is set based on the probability pixel being water, the likelihood that water will pool in the area represented by the pixel, the probability of neighboring pixels being ponding water, and a cropland mask that identifies which pixels correspond to cropland. A class for each pixel is then determined that maximizes the joint probability over the graph.

The present invention provides a method of reducing nitrate content in a plant by supplementing Rhodopseudomonas palustris DSM 29314 with a hydroponic nutrient solution, wherein the plant can grow in the hydroponic nutrient solution. The bacteria can effectively reduce 50% to 88% of the nitrate content in the plant, and only requires half concentration of the hydroponic nutrient solution than usual to enhance the fresh and dry weight of the plant up to 17% to 44%. It can effectively reduce cost, increase income and provide safe crops.

A planting pot includes a straight cylinder part and a diameter-enlarged part. The diameter-enlarged part has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the straight cylinder part. The second end is opposite to the first end. An outer diameter of the diameter-enlarged part is gradually increased in a direction from the first end to the second end. A planting holding plate includes a plate body and a plurality of planting pots. The planting pots are connected to the plate body, and the planting pots are arranged at intervals.

A planting pot includes a straight cylinder part and a diameter-enlarged part. The diameter-enlarged part has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the straight cylinder part. The second end is opposite to the first end. An outer diameter of the diameter-enlarged part is gradually increased in a direction from the first end to the second end. A planting holding plate includes a plate body and a plurality of planting pots. The planting pots are connected to the plate body, and the planting pots are arranged at intervals.

A method and system for predicting soil and/or plant condition in precision agriculture with a classification of measurement data for providing an assignment of a measurement parcel to classes of interest. The assignment is used for providing action recommendations, particularly in real time or close to real time, to a farmer and/or to an agricultural device based on acquired measurement data, particularly remote sensing data, and wherein a classification model is trained by a machine learning algorithm, e.g. relying on deep learning for supervised and/or unsupervised learning, and is potentially continuously refined and adapted thanks to a feedback procedure.

A method and system for predicting soil and/or plant condition in precision agriculture with a classification of measurement data for providing an assignment of a measurement parcel to classes of interest. The assignment is used for providing action recommendations, particularly in real time or close to real time, to a farmer and/or to an agricultural device based on acquired measurement data, particularly remote sensing data, and wherein a classification model is trained by a machine learning algorithm, e.g. relying on deep learning for supervised and/or unsupervised learning, and is potentially continuously refined and adapted thanks to a feedback procedure.

A consumer product for supplementing CO.sub.2 is provided with delayed activation control and multiple chambers formed by folding and clamping or with multiple clamps. A bag, having a top and a bottom seal and a filter, contains organisms and food substrate, each prepared under sterile laboratory conditions using aseptic techniques. The bag may be selectively clamped at various locations on its exterior. The mycelial mass having mycelia and food, or mycelia separate from the food may be sealed or partially sealed away from the air exchange portal by clamps or folds. With selective chamber isolation, the organisms are manipulated to delay optimized carbon dioxide generation. Utilizing the present invention will extend the product shelf-life, delaying the expiration of the product for storage and shipping. The fungi are utilized on-demand by removal of the clamp and carbon dioxide flows from the product. Consumers will place the product near indoor plants.

A consumer product for supplementing CO.sub.2 is provided with delayed activation control and multiple chambers formed by folding and clamping or with multiple clamps. A bag, having a top and a bottom seal and a filter, contains organisms and food substrate, each prepared under sterile laboratory conditions using aseptic techniques. The bag may be selectively clamped at various locations on its exterior. The mycelial mass having mycelia and food, or mycelia separate from the food may be sealed or partially sealed away from the air exchange portal by clamps or folds. With selective chamber isolation, the organisms are manipulated to delay optimized carbon dioxide generation. Utilizing the present invention will extend the product shelf-life, delaying the expiration of the product for storage and shipping. The fungi are utilized on-demand by removal of the clamp and carbon dioxide flows from the product. Consumers will place the product near indoor plants.