Vertical Farms – Sustainable Agriculture in the Sky
Jan 21st, 2009 | By admin | Category: Farm, Food, Food Policy, Lead Story, sustainable, vegetables
"Living Tower" by SOA Architects
Why would we want to build skyscrapers filled with lettuce when we’ve been farming on the ground for 10,000 years?
The world’s population is growing at an enormous rate. By 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will be found in cities. Due to this growth, we could run out of productive farm land and water. Additionally, modern factory farm based agriculture has been associated with deforestation, petroleum-laden fertilizers, carbon-emitting transportation and the weakening of biodiversity due to genetic modification of crops.
So how do we save energy, protect the environment, and avoid impending disaster while producing sustainable crops in an urban environment?
One possible answer is to Farm Vertically.
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