Growing food to sustain the ever increasing global population is a challenge for farmers and researchers everywhere. A company in Port Augusta, Australia called Sundrop Farms came through with an astonishing science project that involved growing 17,000 tons of food without pesticides, soil or ground water. Now that is revolutionary to say the least.

Sundrop Farms used coconut husk, mirrors and seawater from the Spencer Gulf to create a greenhouse made of cardboard. The company line is all about breaking farming’s dependence on finite resources. They have already managed to supply non Genetically Modified Crops to grocery stores in the country. In fact 13% of the Australian market is theirs.

The initial investment of $200 million on the farm was huge, but the entrepreneurs are sure that they will recover the cost in the long run. Considering that the farm has the ability to produce crops all year round in the greenhouse, that just may be true.

The hydroponical method of agriculture followed by the farm allows them to use less water than traditional farming. They also don’t use pesticides as the entire system is controlled and there is very little scope of insects getting into the crop and ruining it. This science project is a showboat for the future of farming.