From farm to table, Google uses LED to grow vegetables

Christa Essig (right) in addition to black technology, Google most attractive should be free canteen. The latest quarterly results show that Google has more than 24400 employees, and the number of people keeping the number of residents in a nearby town is by no means a simple matter. Google has a dedicated team of food, there are 185 restaurants in the world, only the headquarters had 30, more than 100 thousand meals each day to do. Dining room is not to feed the staff, but to make food a source of work struggle. And it's in Google, so I can't buy food or cook. This company is a food related project called "from farm to table" (Farm to Table), aims to teach the knowledge of food industry, one of the highlights is called Leafy Green Machine (lush green machine) container. The container is actually a hydroponic garden, and there is one at the Google headquarters. Although Google has many organic gardens, containerization is used almost everywhere, even if the land has been contaminated. The pink LED lamp in the box provides the plant with a light source. The plants are cultivated without soil and grow on a vertical discharge shelf. The space utilization rate is high. One box can grow hundreds of plants. Most plants mature in three weeks, and a box of plants is enough to Google headquarters for a week. In addition to growing, there are free cooking classes inside Google, which is said to be one of the most attractive benefits, and it's full of games. The project manager from the farm to the table is Christa Essig, who went through five sides before entering the job, very strict. Essig has drafted food policy for the public health organization, as well as a nutritional background. She believes the whole project's goal is to get people to know about food growing, technology and food, and the innovation in the food industry". By the way, how much will Google spend per year on the subject of eating, and even Quora, the mother, has been asked, and the answer is about $42 million to $850 thousand a year.