Can smart cities grow food the smart way

As citizens residing in megacities, we are no longer connected with farming. This does not have to be so.

As citizens residing in megacities, we are no longer connected with farming. This does not have to be so.

Did you know that a farmer growing cauliflower goes through an immense ordeal to ensure that his produce is white in colour, despite the fact that cauliflower heads naturally turn yellow as the plant matures in the sun? A cauliflower with a yellow head tastes the same and has, in fact, more nutrients than the white one. In the case that the farmer’s efforts don’t yield results, he resorts to the last, and a very harmful, way out. He dips the produce in bleach to make it white just before shipping it out to the marketplace. All of this because unaware urban citizens have come ...

Saahil Parekh