About EcoSystem Farms
At EcoSystem Farms we have developed a scalable, soilless, sustainable farming platform that can be a way for primary production to grow more plants and protein to meet the worlds food needs into the future.
We understand that the world has only finite resources and we need to use them more wisely if we are to adapt to the changes in demand, soil, rain, and weather.
The world is needing 50% more agricultural production by 2050 and the amount of arable land per person has more than halved since 1960, with it predicted to fall further as population rises and soil quality is degraded.
No matter how much we fertilise and irrigate this only hastens the soils decline. There needs to be a scalable solution for primary production that isn’t based in soil.
We believe our platform addresses these issues and can be implemented in a wide range of areas as it has much lower water demands than other land-based aquaculture or agriculture. We want our platform to help be an answer to the need for more plants and protein, with farmed fish being one of the most sustainable methods of protein creation.
We are developing the platform to show it is effective at scale and are looking forward to working with farmers to implement it alongside and in conjunction with, their traditional farming. We believe it can help them to get more out of their farms and balancing out the years of good and bad weather. We are wanting to make it easy for farmers to adopt and operate, so we upskill farmers and in conjunction with automation teach them to run the system, whilst we provide support if things go wrong.
Hydroponics and vertical farming are good starts but are limited in what and how they can grow and have their own issues. They are not able to be a versatile solution for large scale primary production.
We want to be able to provide a sustainable farming platform that utilises natural ecosystems to optimise agriculture and aquaculture for large primary production. We believe this can make a real impact on how food is grown and what levels of quality, traceability, and sustainability are acceptable in the food we eat.
The worlds oceans have been over fished for decades, with over exploited fish stocks doubling in the past 30 years. Aquaculture has already started to meet the increased need for fish but has serious limitations in the quality of the fish, their living conditions, and its impact on the environment.
Aquaculture needs to be moved out of our natural waterways and more needs to be done to make land-based aquaculture more feasible, with decreased water use, improved fish health, and more economical facilities.
