Space Farming, Sustainability, and Self Reliance as a Future amidst Corona Outbreak

 

Human civilization is nothing without inventions and production. Everything we see now, has farming, mining, and other forms of creation at their core. Through farming, we got the crops, and thus food for self, then to get the other things, excess crop was sold. In this way, the economy started, and so did the civilization. Science helped invent things that made living easier, and better. We faced many wars, and plagues, and the latest Corona Virus (COVID-19) is no different.

  The virus made us realize that when there are no other humans to create goods, or provide services, our standard of living, and quality of life gets severely hit. Sometimes even the survival is at risk when we don’t get the essential goods like food, water, and medicines. Thus, the outbreak underlined the importance of community, and civilization for humans. No one can live alone and survive easily as we all need to contact someone for some sort of basic need. Whether it be electricity, telephone/Internet providers, and of course, shop keepers and our land lords if we’re in a rented apartment. Government since we need to pay taxes for better services for not just us, but for future generation, and people around us.

  This article doesn’t want to say that we should go and live in a cabin in the woods like seen in horror movies, or in the mountains like monks.  We need to help citizens to produce goods while living in the cities and towns. For them, as well as others.

 The first thing that comes to my mind is greenhouses, and farms made in sky scrapers. As I have seen NASA helping the astronauts to produce edible plants on the International Space Station, we can help reduce the reliance on external produce, and maybe help the country with our own excess produce too. By growing easy to grow plants at home, like tomatoes, we can help get fresh vegetables, and reduce the burden on the system. We can learn from such space farming and use it on Earth to create sustainable resources and crops well planned for each home and colony

The next thing is helping the current farmers to preserve their produce through cold storage, and helping them with effective logistics that keep the vegetables and fruits fresh top reduce the wastage and loss. This is mentioned because, at least in some developing countries like India, farmers had to bear the loss of spoiled vegetables which were not transported to the markets due to lockdown or unsold/not consumed within the time limit.

Now, we need to pay attention to the sustainability. As Corona virus has strained the resources of not just the government, but people like you and me too. We have to remember the rule of buying what’s required, and only what’s needed. I still remember many speakers spread awareness about the food wastage, so the value of food is something we learnt in lockdown as we were trapped at home, and shops were closed, with food items either sold out, or were expensive. Not to mention, the restaurants, & street food were also unavailable due to social distancing norms made to help stop the spread of the virus.

 The pollution was reduced thanks to the lockdown and the effects on environment were visible to normal eyes too. Cleaner air also means healthier you. Less air pollution also means better crops, and less effect of pollution on the food we eat. We have to use this opportunity to regulate the pollution when the virus is over, and even if it’s not over, the rules made to help stop spread virus, can also help stop the pollution from going above the limit, as now we require less people on roads.

Now as we open up and the life is going back to normal in many countries like the US, we must try to make improvement and changes in our countries and our habits which will help us to have a sustainable life and be better prepared for any future emergencies like Corona virus.

Thank you for reading!! 

Environment photo from Pexels- Min An- https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-holding-green-grains-1230157/ 

Space photo from Pexels- https://www.pexels.com/photo/sky-earth-space-working-2152/

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