{"id":12928,"date":"2016-11-04T17:08:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/can-extreme-tomato-farming-save-the-planet\/"},"modified":"2016-11-04T17:34:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:34:49","slug":"can-extreme-tomato-farming-save-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/can-extreme-tomato-farming-save-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Can extreme tomato farming save the planet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Certainly Jon Esformes CEO of Sunripe is up for big challenges. The family owned company is a key partner with the Fair Food Program in improving working conditions across the tomato industry<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> while simultaneously innovating to offer new non GMO verified varieties like its \u201cOh so Rosso\u201d tomatoes<a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12785\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/sunripe_newrosso_11216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12785\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/sunripe_newrosso_11216-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"New and sweeter tomato varieties from Sunripe\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/sunripe_newrosso_11216-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/sunripe_newrosso_11216-768x275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/sunripe_newrosso_11216-600x215.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/sunripe_newrosso_11216.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New and sweeter tomato varieties from Sunripe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;One of the great human rights success stories of our day&quot;: The Fair Food Program\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BDrOoNGVnJY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Global food production is under threat from the many effects of climate change and is especially impacted by water scarcity. Agriculture accounts for roughly \u201c70% of water consumption worldwide\u201d<a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a> and it is projected that \u201cby 2030 overall demand for water may outstrip supply\u201d<a href=\"#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[iv]<\/a> California was particularly hard hit by a severe drought in 2015 which led the farming industry to suffer dramatic losses. The USDA reported decrease of nearly 17 percent in output\u201d and \u201ca revenue loss of $9.6 billion in a single year. That equates to erasing the total sales of eBay\u201d<a href=\"#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">[v]<\/a>. In Mexico agriculture accounts for 77% of water use and water scarcity is so serious that the government launched a campaign titled: \u201cThe City May Run out of Water\u201d<a href=\"#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">[vi]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sunripe Certified which represents Pacific Tomato Growers has production in California, Florida, and Mexico and will continue to be affected by these impacts of water scarcity. Currently they are employing precision agriculture techniques to reduce their use of water and partnering with local water municipalities to ensure effective water management. In Florida, Pacific Tomato \u201creduced runoff into the Myakka River by nearly 90% with a unique reuse and recycle water system\u201d<a href=\"#_edn7\" name=\"_ednref7\">[vii]<\/a> that used drip irrigation embedded under the soil\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<p>Despite improvements in water efficiency and reduction, Sunripe\u2019s production will remain at risk given the significant depletion of aquifers in its growing regions. To further safeguard against these risks Sunripe should implement methods fit for more extreme conditions including:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dry Farming \u2013No H2O Needed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dry farming eliminates the need for water in tomato production and enhances flavor. While it requires careful management of microclimates, it is an established practice for other crops such as olives and produces better yields than irrigated crops during a drought given the sturdy exterior the plant develops<a href=\"#_edn8\" name=\"_ednref8\">[viii]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CropX \u2013 Smart, On Demand Drip Irrigation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>With three sensors and a mobile based app CropX has caused a step change in drip irrigation. CropX \u201cgenerates daily irrigation maps and automatically applies the right amount of water to different parts of the same field, resulting in lower water and energy usage\u201d<a href=\"#_edn9\" name=\"_ednref9\">[ix]<\/a> Such an approach dramatically improves a manager\u2019s visibility, analysis and decision making speed creating in essence a digital farm at their fingertips.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12839\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12839\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"CropX: Mobile On demand Irrigation\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/cropx.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CropX: Mobile On demand Irrigation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hydroponic Greenhouses \u2013 No Soil, Powered by the Sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moving production to regional greenhouses adjacent to customer distribution centers would dramatically reduce energy, water, and transportation costs. This could enable Sunripe to set up operations outside of water constrained areas and reduce lead times to customers thereby improving freshness and extending shelf life. Other tomato competitors such as Sundrop are experimenting with innovative models<strong>. <\/strong>Sundrop\u2019s groundbreaking greenhouse which launched this October uses solar power and sea water to grow 15,000 tons of tomatoes a year to supply the Australian retailer Coles<a href=\"#_edn10\" name=\"_ednref10\">[x]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sundrop - Overview\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/183859356?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>AI &#8211; Robots for Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sensor networks and autonomous mobile robots have the potential to make\u00a0greenhouses largely self-sufficient. Robots that manage planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting are currently under development thanks to funding by the EU<a href=\"#_edn11\" name=\"_ednref11\">[xi]<\/a>. Greenhouses are well positioned to integrate such systems given the confined space and ability to install tracks to plan robot&#8217;s routes. By incorporating artificial intelligence into its greenhouses, Sunripe could maintain centralized visibility to production while greatly reducing the need for daily manual labor to maintain these new facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/robots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12707\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/robots-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Robots harvesting bell peppers \" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/robots-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/robots.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robots harvesting bell peppers<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RHEA - Robot Fleets for  Effective Agriculture - Demo of Weed Control in Wheat Crops\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WeAtUeoAYi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While these solutions may seem extreme for a family run company like Sunripe, we must ask ourselves, how else will we\u00a0stand a chance against the magnitude of climate change?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(620 words)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> New York Times\/Steven Greenhouse. 2014.\u00a0<em>In Florida Tomato Fields, a Penny Buys Progress<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/25\/business\/in-florida-tomato-fields-a-penny-buys-progress.html\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/25\/business\/in-florida-tomato-fields-a-penny-buys-progress.html#<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[ii]<\/a> The Packer\/Ashley Nickle. 2016.\u00a0<em>Sunripe introduces Oh So Rosso tomato<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepacker.com\/news\/sunripe-introduces-oh-so-rosso-tomato\">http:\/\/www.thepacker.com\/news\/sunripe-introduces-oh-so-rosso-tomato<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[iii]<\/a> Worldometers\/Aquastat United Nations. 2016.\u00a0<em>Water consumed this year<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/water\/\">http:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/water\/<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[iv]<\/a> Giulio Boccaletti, Sudeep Maitra, and Martin Stuchtey, \u201cTransforming Water Economies,\u201d McKinsey &amp; Company, 2012 [ONLINE] Available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/mckinsey.com\/~\/McKinsey\/dotcom\">http:\/\/mckinsey.com\/~\/McKinsey\/dotcom<\/a> [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">[v]<\/a> Inland News Today. 2016.\u00a0<em>Figures confirm drought\u2019s impact<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inlandnewstoday.com\/story.php?s=43965\">http:\/\/www.inlandnewstoday.com\/story.php?s=43965<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">[vi]<\/a> Krebs M, 2009. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/digitaljournal.com\/article\/279761\">Water shortage in Mexico City could echo the global water issue<\/a>&#8220;, Digital Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref7\" name=\"_edn7\">[vii]<\/a> Growing Produce\/Growing Produce Staff. 2008.\u00a0<em>2008 Grower Achievement Award Finalists<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.growingproduce.com\/vegetables\/grower-achievement-award\/2008-grower-achievement-award-finalists\/\">http:\/\/www.growingproduce.com\/vegetables\/grower-achievement-award\/2008-grower-achievement-award-finalists\/<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref8\" name=\"_edn8\">[viii]<\/a> CUESA\/Brie Mazurek. 2012.\u00a0<em>Farming without water<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuesa.org\/article\/farming-without-water\">http:\/\/www.cuesa.org\/article\/farming-without-water<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref9\" name=\"_edn9\">[ix]<\/a> Israel 21c\/Abigail Klein Leichman. 2015.\u00a0<em>What\u2019s next for drip irrigation?<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/whats-next-for-drip-irrigation\/\">http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/whats-next-for-drip-irrigation\/<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref10\" name=\"_edn10\">[x]<\/a> ABC News\/Kerry Staight. 2016.\u00a0<em>Sundrop Farms pioneering solar-powered greenhouse to grow food without fresh water<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-01\/sundrop-farms-opens-solar-greenhouse-using-no-fresh-water\/7892866\">http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-01\/sundrop-farms-opens-solar-greenhouse-using-no-fresh-water\/7892866<\/a>. [Accessed 3 November 2016].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref11\" name=\"_edn11\">[xi]<\/a> Robohub\/Sparc. 2016.\u00a0<em>Farming with Robots<\/em>. [ONLINE] Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/robohub.org\/farming-with-robots\/\">http:\/\/robohub.org\/farming-with-robots\/<\/a>. 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