{"id":109058,"date":"2020-06-24T10:05:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/agriculture-sustainable-agriculture-through-film-farming"},"modified":"2020-06-24T10:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:05:04","slug":"agriculture-sustainable-agriculture-through-film-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/agriculture-sustainable-agriculture-through-film-farming","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture through Film Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Rq1oecsEQI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>ebiol, Inc. has invented a film called \u201cImec\u201d made of hydrogel for growing vegetables with less water. Using this method, agriculture can be done virtually anywhere \u2014 even on desert land or concrete. The film prevents harmful viruses and germs from getting in, rendering pesticides unnecessary. The film also creates a \u201cwater stress\u201d that helps crops such as tomatoes synthesize large amounts of sugar, amino acids, and other nutrients. This, in turn, leads to more natural sweetness and higher nutritional value. In addition, Imec eliminates soil contamination that can negatively impact crop productivity and quality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ebiol, Inc. has invented a film called \u201cImec\u201d made of hydrogel for growing vegetables with less water. Using this method, agriculture can be done virtually anywhere \u2014 even on desert land or concrete. The film prevents harmful viruses and germs from getting in, rendering pesticides unnecessary. The film also creates a \u201cwater stress\u201d that helps [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}