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["Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>]

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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