The rise of vertical farms
source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-rise-of-vertical-farms
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Farming is ruining the environment, and not enough arable land remains to feed a projected 9.5 billion people by 2050.
Growing food in glass high-rises could drastically reduce fossil-fuel emissions and recycle city wastewater that now pollutes waterways.
A one-square-block farm 30 stories high could yield as much food as 2,400 outdoor acres, with less subsequent spoilage.
Existing hydroponic greenhouses provide a basis for prototype vertical farms now being considered by urban planners in cities worldwide.
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Is this a viable future for farming? Or is it simply a way to escape responsibility for what we are doing to the land?
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bailey78
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I like this we can Garden any where we want. I have not put in a garden outside you know a vegatable garden. sence I was a kid I grew up on home grown everything. We had cows and hogs for meat chickens for eggs and a big ass garden we had to pull weeds in every day after school. That may be why I don't have a vegatable garden now. Lots of worked involved and I just can't do the work any more. My back just won't let me do much of anything.
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csmonut
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This was a great article. I read it with a hope for the future.
Where I work, we treat wastewater to irrigation standards and it is used on golf courses (which I think are a huge waste of water resources and should be done away with) and used in the median strips along the roads to water trees, etc.
There is no reason why this water could not be used to water food crops.
In many places there are septic systems for homes that use gray water for trees and other ornamentals.
Convincing the public that treated wastewater is usable is a whole other feat in itself!
One part of the article, however, spoke of partnering with Monsanto and their ilk. I can't agree with that, but the idea of this type of farming sounds reasonable and doable. - 2 years ago
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