IoT-based farming and plant growth ecosystem

An agricultural method, comprising:

• selecting a seed with predetermined end product properties;
• selecting microbes to assist seed growth and providing the microbes to help the seed during early stage growth;
• providing a positive air pressure chamber to prevent outside contaminants from entering the chamber;
• providing a plurality of cells in the chamber, each cell having multi-grow benches or levels, each cell further having connectors to vertical hoists for vertical movements in the chamber;
• using motorized transport rails to deliver benches for operations including seeding,
• harvesting, grow media recovery, and bench wash;
• and
• dispensing seeds in the cell with a mechanical seeder coupled to the transport rails;
• maintaining pre-set temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, watering and lighting levels to achieve predetermined plant growth and periodically capturing growth data with one or more sensors;
• storing the growth data on a blockchain;
• controlling an irrigation system in response to the growth data;
• and
• growing the crops with computer controlled nutrients, light and air level.

A system, comprising:

• a positive air pressure chamber to prevent outside contaminants from entering the chamber;
• a plurality of cells in the chamber, each cell having multi-grow benches or levels, each cell further having electrical connectors to vertical hoists for vertical movements in the chamber;
• motorized transport rails to deliver benches for operations including seeding, harvesting, grow media recovery, and bench wash;
• one or more cameras to capture images of leaf, soil or plant parameters to determine soil, fertilizer or plant conditions for plant management;
• a controller to maintain pre-set temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, watering and lighting levels to achieve predetermined plant growth;
• one or more sensors to capture growth data;
• and
• a controller to manage nutrient delivery, light and air levels, and an irrigation system in response to the growth data to grow crops in a computer-controlled environment.