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Wellscapes
HEALTHFUL LIGHTING | AIR | WATER | SOUNDS | ECOSYSTEMS
Natufia Indoor
Gardens Can
Seed Wellness
Conversations
Offering smart hydroponic solutions for
homes, community spaces and offices,
Natufia lets integrators tell a biophilic
and sustainability narrative for clients.
By Jason Knott
ARE INTEGRATORS ready
to help customers test
their green thumbs? Natufia,
a multi-award-winning
research lab specializing in
hydroponic smart gardens,
hopes so. The company
made its debut at CEDIA
Expo 2022 in Dallas with a
unique offering at the event
in the wellness/healthy/sustainable
living sector: indoor
gardens that use smart
technology to allow clients
to grow their own food -
as much as one full head of
lettuce every two days.
The Natufia Smart Garden
was the company's first
product. Now, the Natufia
One is launching as an $895
accessible indoor garden for
homes, community spaces,
and offices.
According to the company,
the new product poised to
catalyze a sea change in how
people access fresh, sustainable
food in increasingly
urbanizing environments.
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Natufia's technology
enables fresh plants and
herbs to grow year-round
in the very locations where
they're eaten, minimizing
the environmental impact of
the food supply chain - by
reducing waste, packaging,
pollution, and food miles.
The plug-and-play garden
can grow up to 20 different
leafy greens, herbs and
vegetables at one time, while
an automated watering and
lighting system ensures a
never-ending supply (up to
one head of lettuce every
other day) of fresh, pesticide-free
produce that retains
its flavor and nutritional
value. Natufia-grown plants
have a 200% higher vitamin
content than commercially
available equivalents, the
company claims.
Built for people who wish
to be closer to their food
in both a literal and metaphorical
sense but lack the
time and opportunity to
Founded by Gregory Lu, Natufia debuted its smart garden
solutions to integrators and designers at CEDIA Expo and
KBIS in 2022.
grow produce in a traditional
garden, Natufia One is
designed to take any and all
guesswork and hassle out of
the process.
With Natufia One, urban
dwellers longing for a reliable
supply of cost-effective
produce will be able to grow
their own in a three-step
process requiring the bare
minimum of maintenance:
On day one, the seedpods
are planted in the nursery,
similarly to a Nespresso pod.
On day 10, the seedlings
are moved to the cup, and
around the one-month
mark, plants will be ready for
harvesting. Empty growing
cups are then easy to clean
and refill as more seedlings
become ready for the grow
pillar.
" We decentralize food
production and reinvent
the consumer meal journey
by allowing communities to
take control of their food -
produce where it is consumed, "
explains Anastassia
Taylor, CMO for Natufia.
With proprietary technology,
the machine automatically
controls feeding, watering,
light cycles, humidity,
temperature and air flow. A
built-in Wi-Fi system offers
owners the ability to clearly
monitor their crops through
the machine's integrated
touchscreen or remotely
from a smartphone application,
Taylor says.
" Every unit is IoT and
equipped with a brain that
monitors and controls the
grow chamber environment.
The machine brain will here
create 'perfect' conditions
for a different assortment of
plants to live together, " adds
Taylor. " We measure more
than 10 data points per cm2
and thanks to machine learning
the algorithms of growing
plants are continuously
adjusted for the optimized
grow conditions and better
plant health. "
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