“City farm vegetables are fresh, nutritious and safe, grown in a responsible way”

Why are LEDs extremely suitable for city farms:

With LED lighting it is possible to provide exactly the wavelengths which are useful for growth and development of the crop. Contrary to the sun, traditional assimilation lighting and TL lighting, LED only omits one color of light. No energy is wasted with light spectra that are not used or less used by the plant. This means that LEDs provide exactly the colors which the plant needs for photosynthesis. Plants mainly need blue and red light for photosynthesis and far-red, a color not even visible to the human eye but visible to the plant.

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