<p>Smart lettuce? What the heck is that? Just ask start-up company CombaGroup, whose <B>greenhouse-grown smart lettuce</b> is paving the way toward “the new green revolution for salads,” according to French news publication 24heures.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/smartlettuce052914bdy.jpg" alt="052914 cropped" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">CombaGroup uses a <B>proprietary aeroponics irrigation robot</b> to emit a mist of nutrients needed to grow the lettuce and chicory plants (nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus) directly onto the roots in open air. This process ultimately <B>saves 90% of the water needed for outdoor cultivation</b>. The lettuce grows close together on trolleys and is moved gradually as it grows. Once harvested, the lettuce is cut and placed in pouches.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><B>You gotta check out their operation…</b></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/74278371" width="480" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Marie Raismes, Co-Founder, says, “Our goal is to create technology to produce a pure local salad, without pesticides, soil, or insects.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/smartlettuce052914bdy2.jpg" alt="052914 cropped" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">What do you think? Is this really “smart lettuce”? Growing lettuce in a greenhouse and pairing it up with robots and vapor seems like something you’d see in a science fiction movie. I’m curious to see how far this new company will go with this proprietary technology. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.combagroup.com" target="_new"> CombaGroup </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
