The Uber-ization of Food Supply
Owned and Enjoyed by the Community
What We Do
The Good Company (Ref Nr: K2020185218_07) democratizes smart food production through automated and distributed vertical urban farms, managed by communities in co-operative nodes across cities, towns and rural areas, thereby improving food security and inclusion, whilst reducing supply chain and environmental pressure.
Key Benefits
- 1/10th the size of a traditional farm
- 15x more productive
- Modular & mobile
- Automated & controlled
- Farm 365 days a year
- Up to x200 times greater yield
- 98% less water than conventional farming
- Harvest every 4 – 6 weeks
- Carbon negative farming
Our Impact
Economic
The democratization of food production and access. Communities owning the process.
Humanity
Addressing poverty and the basic need of survival. Supporting food security objectives and ECD. Increase access to nutrition…for the poor
Empowerment
Job creation and women empowerment. Increase access to job opportunities,
provision of sector knowledge and intelligence to SMMEs, women and youth in particular.
Environment
Reducing the carbon footprint and supply chain pressure
Sustainability
Integrated solutions with cities, communities and society to strengthen the food ecosystem, with a food production process that is not at the mercy of harsh climate, severe weather, seasonality effects, soil erosion, water scarcity, pests and human error/mismanagement
Innovation
Using smart Technology to provide a Farm in the Box thereby bulletproofing the farm’s success (leverages Solar, Irrigation with smart Controlled environments and IoT) whilst addressing contextual needs
The Farm of The People –
Where Communities Take Ownership
Our Offering
Business USP – Smart, Predictive, On Demand Farming
Unique Buffer Capacity and Equation + Key per Crop Type:
- Nutrient Mix
- EC + Ph
- Oxygenation
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Pump Volume
- Waterflow rate
- Grow cycles
Centrally Cloud Controlled Farming System:
- Management interface/dashboard
- Farming portfolio
- Farming performance
- Key Monitoring and
- Intervention notifications
- Automated and intelligent Farm management (earnings, loss etc)
- Centralised crop and system updates
Smart and Automated Buy and Sell Blockchain Platform:
- Identifies available crops
- Matches search with relevant nearest crop
- Buy and Sell bidding process
- Production Supply Planning
- Smart contracts for concluding sale
- Harvest and Distribution Cycling
- Trend analysis (farming, crop, sales, etc)
Precision Automated and Predictive Farming (AI and IoT):
- IoT sensors
- Precision farming system
- Smart irrigation
- AI / Machine controlled farming
- Crop and plant database
- Plant Image recognition
- Smart environmental controls
- Predictive Demand / Usage
