[Homestead] Vertical farming?

Sage Austin | Eureka! Design eureka at hctc.net
Fri Feb 27 10:01:04 EST 2009


Very interesting, Bev. I already see some things I want to check out.--Sage

EarthNSky wrote:
> http://cema.srishti.ac.in/content/aggregator/www.zemos98.org/www.e-sevilla.org/www.apple.com/pro/profiles/ciw-online.org?page=4
>
> You might find this web site interesting.  I've followed it for a few 
> months now, and sometimes there are cool stories that might be of 
> interest to homesteaders.  The top story on the page might give you a 
> glimpse into the future.  Weird stuff.
>
>   
>> The way skeptics see it, Dickson Despommier has a lot of explaining
>> to do: He’s got big plans for the future of farming. By 2050, the
>> planet will have to feed three billion additional mouths, and
>> traditional farms, which threaten food security by deforestation, the
>> use of fossil fuels and ecosystem destruction, will not be able to
>> hack it. Dr. Despommier, an environmental health scientist at
>> Columbia University, believes the answer lies in the vertical farm, a
>> glass-walled structure that can be designed as tall as a typical
>> skyscraper, and can be located inside city bounds or around city
>> limits.
>>     
>
>
>   



More information about the Homestead mailing list