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Gardening minus the garden?

Posted Feb 18, 2010

Nothing is more gratifying than knowing exactly where you’re food comes from. Vegetables are grown all over and are transported into the homes of consumers. Transport, energy and labour are wasted when vegetables are grown elsewhere. Why not help the world and grow your vegetables at home? With recent developments, you no longer need to have a garden to do a little gardening.  

Photo by Hannah Sandström

A refrigerator is normally used to store foods like fruits and vegetables, but has it ever grown food for you? Hanna Sandström has worked with Green Fortune & Whirlpool in developing a refrigerator that nurtures a seed into a plant. The combination of light, temperature, space, and nutrition all play critical factors in the refrigerator’s success. Sandström mentions that, “there is no need for soil, in this hydrophonic system. The plant grows in water that is added with nutrition”. Not only does the refrigerator grow vegetables, but also prolongs the life of vegetables bought from stores. Considering the demand for organic fresh greens, Sandström’s refrigerator would undoubtedly see much success in the future.

Photo by Mathieu Lehanneur

Taking Sandström’s idea of growing vegetables with a refrigerator to another level, Local River adds aquatic life into the mix. Designer, Mathieu Lehanneur, developed a “refrigerator-aquariam” because growing vegetables doesn’t quite cut it if you can breed freshwater fish at the same time. Lehanneur explains that he was “inspired by the Locavores movement of people who source food grown locally to avoid pollution and ensure freshness, the project would allow people to produce their own food at home. Vegetables growing in floating pots would help purify the water by removing nitrates and other minerals.” We can only hope refrigerators like Sandström’s and Lehanneur come to be distributed worldwide. Then we can all toss our wellies and celebrate on mother earth’s behalf. 

 

Timaj Alwan

 

Source & credits: Various

 

TAGS: gardening fridge goods technology

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