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- Kahnza, on 05/17/2009, -1/+48Sounds impractical.
- jayrok, on 05/17/2009, -0/+29People will actually eat fruit in the future?
- flossdaily, on 05/17/2009, -1/+23I'm going to teach my kids that paying an extra $5.00 a pound to pick fruit yourself is the stupidest marketing gimmick in history. WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
- sidojustcuz, on 05/17/2009, -1/+15Never happen. Selection and therefore efficiency in storage are way more important factors than novelty.
- Chairboy, on 05/17/2009, -1/+13Yes, in pill form. Also known as Jolly Ranchers.
- wmute, on 05/17/2009, -1/+12they also said that we'd be living in space in 1999
- Fleminator, on 05/17/2009, -1/+10I'd rather just grab a bag of oranges/apples/etc rather than harvesting them individually.
Not to mention the extra storage/shipping cost of the entire plant. - ureshiidesuka, on 05/17/2009, -1/+10they show some fruit growing on a tree but what about vegetables that grow underground? not sure people will want to pick those.
- grapesofbaath, on 05/17/2009, -1/+9Come on guys, if a british rag says it, it must be true.
- Devramos, on 05/17/2009, -1/+8I work in produce and this sounds like a crock. It's hard enough for my department to keep peaches from Chile fresh. I highly doubt we'll be wanting to take care of a whole farm of lemons. What happens when the fruit start falling on the floor? If kids today are non-hesitant to ruin an apple pyramid, what's going to stop them from shaking all the plants so the product will fall?
- cclyde, on 05/17/2009, -0/+7Soylent Green isn't fruit?
- inactive, on 05/17/2009, -0/+710 acre shops then is it?
- gALEXy, on 05/17/2009, -0/+6takes up way too much space, especially when there isn't any harvestable fruit. Its a cute idea, and I would enjoy it, but I dont think thats cost effective. Even if the hydro setup was free, it still wouldn't be cost effective compared to the amount of pre-picked fruit, or other merchandise, you could fit into the same space that 1 plant will take up
- mogebier, on 05/17/2009, -0/+5That is one of the most retarded ides I have seen in a while.
The cost would be astronomical compared to buying fruits and vegetables the way we do now. - reddikilowatt, on 05/17/2009, -0/+4This sort of thing was trumpeted in Epcot Center by Kraft foods in 1983:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_%28Disney%29
I remember seeing the hydroponic plants hanging on this strange assembly line conveyor. The idea was to grow food without needing any land, so you move the plant instead of moving tractors. Whodathunk the only practical use for hydroponic gardening was to hide your crop from the DEA... - matu4251, on 05/17/2009, -0/+3Yeah... and do we have to bring a shovel for potatoes? At least the kids might enjoy it... :)
- 1x253, on 05/17/2009, -0/+3I'm gonna digg you down b/c I'm to dim to catch on to your facetious tone!
- yerdaddy, on 05/17/2009, -1/+4Fruit trees look very nice in the yard when they are brought up right and well maintained. They are a bit of work, but if you or someone you know is good at baking, on today's market, they can pay for themselves in pies.
- NodOfficer, on 05/17/2009, -0/+2Stores charge more for organic because there's more risk involved when growing them in commercial quantities.
- thunderclap, on 05/17/2009, -0/+2How many young people really know what a chicken really taste like? Easy, chicken tastes like everything and everything tastes like chicken.
- EvilBunnys, on 05/17/2009, -2/+4I want my jet pack first!
- eleraama, on 05/18/2009, -0/+2I find it unlikely that this'll ever happen, but in response to your query: Hygroponics or gel culture.
- solid12345, on 05/18/2009, -0/+2Is there anything at Epcot that actually ever became a reality?
When I went to Epcot the goddamn ride stopped working at the base of the golf ball and I never did get to see the exhibition. I think it was a fitting event to what their vision of the future was like, broken. - cunningcoder, on 05/17/2009, -0/+2@cclyde
If buyers weren't willing to pay more then there wouldn't be a market for organic - havocjaw, on 05/17/2009, -0/+2I think we are more likely to pick fruits from vending machines than from trees in the produce aisle.
- electrobassrock, on 05/17/2009, -0/+2The technology exists now if stores wanted to make this happen. It's not going to happen. People have gardens if they want fresh food.
- Hamerhead33, on 05/17/2009, -0/+2that's what I was thinking, the amount of space to have a whole (or part) of a tree in your store is very impractical
- inactive, on 05/17/2009, -1/+3so the future won't be soylant green??? the fruit tree better not be genetically modified tree.
- 1x253, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1weasel
Nothing tinfoil hat about a proven relationship between carcinogens and cancer. Also, not much tinfoil about depleted soil, or were you unaware of that? - CoreyHalliwell, on 05/17/2009, -1/+2I have a prediction. I won't digg this and i will be exiting my browser soon...
- betsyinbelize, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1I agree it is impractable to buy growing in a store. But ways to grow fruits and vegetables have come a long way. We can grow them in the smallest spaces and extra could be traded with neighbors for different variety and can be grown at home with little work. Organic is the way to go anyway, we are poisining ourselves to increase production and our farmers are still going out of business. I am sorry but I don´t want to buy my food from China like we do everything else. How many young people really know what a chicken really taste like. Only those who have traveled. We just cover them up in the US with hot spices so that we can´t taste them. Herbs bring out the flavor but there is no longer much flavor left to bring out in the hormone pumped up chickens and cows in the US. And stores charge extra for organic. Go figure!
- tx500dom, on 08/01/2009, -0/+1Amazing. I figure more people will be growing their own fruits / vegetables too with newer technology like the AeroGarden
http://www.kitchenproductdeals.com/grow-herbs-aero ... - cclyde, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1I agree that is a component, but I think it's primarily because buyers are willing to pay more.
- hchander, on 05/17/2009, -1/+2hmm. . .strange concept no. . . . i dont buy it
- inactive, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1Are you telling me there in no truth in the truth?
- GalacticRerun, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1I bet I STILL won't be able to drive it home in a flying car.
- Scottamus, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1These are special mini greenhouses that allow plants to grow without the need for soil; they grow in a special nutrient-enriched solution, cutting down on pesticides.
The pods would be very light and would allow the farmer to transport the plant from his farm to the supermarket while it is still growing.
"It could cut right down on wastage and packaging. It would make not just environmental sense, but economic sense too so we are looking at it seriously," she said.
Really? Trucking around huge trees in pods all over the country makes environmental and economic sense to you? Good luck with that. - zagatbuzz, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Seriously? I was unaware that fruit trees grew well under florescent lights...
- Scottamus, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1That's a really great id...GROW YOUR OWN ***** FRUIT YOU LAZY *****...ea. It should grow over really well. Get it? grow over.
- klashar, on 05/17/2009, -1/+1I doubt it. Yet another daily mail type article from the telegraph.
- xyllar, on 05/17/2009, -2/+2And then after another decade they won't because it will turn out to be just another stupid gimmick.
- ohreilly, on 05/17/2009, -0/+0At least the Telegraph is redeeming itself over this past week.
- insaneferret, on 05/19/2009, -0/+0this isn't quite as insane as it sounds - yes trucking whole bloody trees about the country is insane, but imagine if when you went to the grocery they had the fruit with the twigs still attached, and they twigs were connected to a hydroponic reservoir / sponge that kept them fresh and "growing" even when still on the shelf
- thealsir, on 05/17/2009, -1/+1Eh, it could find some niche markets.
- WiseWeasel, on 05/18/2009, -1/+1No, do you work for the tinfoil hat companies?
- Grueslayer, on 05/18/2009, -0/+0A woman walks into a store.
"Are there any oranges?"
"No, sorry mam. We had a full tree this morning but some kids came in here and had an orange fight."
"How about lemons?"
"No, there's a hobo living under the only lemon tree and refuses to let any customers near his home."
"I'll just get some hamburger."
"Ok, here's your gun and cattle prod... remember zap and aim for the head." - satanherself, on 05/17/2009, -2/+1Sounds like fun though :)
- 1x253, on 05/17/2009, -2/+1I notice people are digging me down, but not refuting what I assert. Do you work for the chemical companies?
- 1x253, on 05/17/2009, -4/+2But if it's not organically grown, then it won't make a bit of difference.
Molecules the body doesn't know how to assimilate or use (insoluble fiber) will do the same chromosomal damage they always do. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers are cancer causing.
It will just be another marketing ploy. - redrabbit, on 05/17/2009, -5/+3Very interesting. Any thoughts as to how this would affect prices? Bummer the article says it's still ten years off :(
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