From farm to table Google borrow LED to grow vegetables

Christa Essig (right)

In addition to black technology, Google the most attractive should be a free cafeteria.

The latest quarterly report shows that Google has more than 24400 employees, and nurturing the number of residents of this small town is not a simple thing. 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. Canteen to do is not to feed the staff, but to let the food become the source of struggle.

And this is in Google, certainly can not buy food to cook on the finish. 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.

Container is actually a hydroponic garden, there is a Google headquarters. Although Google has a lot of organic gardens, it is used almost everywhere, even if the land has been contaminated. Inside the box with pink LED lights can provide light source for plants.

Plants are soilless culture, grow on the vertical discharge of the water frame, the space utilization is very high, a box can be planted hundreds of plants. General plant can mature three weeks, a box of plants enough to Google headquarters for a week.

In addition to planting, Google also has a free cooking class, which is said to be one of the most attractive benefits.

From the farm to the table, the project manager is Christa Essig, she passed before the entry of five, very strict. Essig has written for the public health organization food policy, as well as nutrition background. She believes that the goal of the project is to make people understand the food cultivation, technology and food, as well as the food industry innovation".

By the way, how much will it cost for Google to eat this year, and it is also known that almost every mother on Quora has asked, the answer is about $42 million to $850 thousand a year.

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