Central regions | Farming, agriculture | Technology & innovation
i-Gardening for veggies via Internet
31 Aug '11
Moscow’s Innovation Synergy and the KremlinMultimedia group of companies have announced the launch of the i-Garden project—reportedly the world’s first Web-based agricultural service designed for people to create and remotely manage their own real gardens, portal reports.
According to the project owners, the service blends together the virtual and the real by turning a game into actual, tangible ecologically safe veggies and berries.
Innovation Synergy CEO Vadim Lobov was quoted as saying, “the project aims to make affordable and available for people living in the present urban environment quality produce grown by experienced agronomists on clean soil using only tested and natural fertilizers.”
The project is reportedly using actual lands of greenhouse farms outside Moscow. Users will be able to monitor their own and other users’ gardens via web-cameras, and manage the agricultural process through a special Web interface. One can have ripe veggies delivered to his or family member’s home. Users may also be physically present at their i-Gardens to personally take the crop.
At the moment, i-Garden reportedly offers its customers six agricultures. The project owners say they want a bigger list as well as a number of applications enabling cultivation of some specific vegetables, berries, and flowers.
According to the source, the project is part of the strategic WowMoscow initiative being carried out by KremlinMultimedia over the last two years.
“The strategy aims to support innovative projects designed to improve the Muscovites’ quality of life. This is Russia’s first such project and our company sought to assist in its implementation,” KremlinMultimedia executive director Valeria Shpilyova said.