[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
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> 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.
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>> 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.
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