Food Forests wrote:
Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 7:12 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/opinion/24Despommier.html?_r=1
By DICKSON D. DESPOMMIER
IF climate change and population growth progress at their
current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will
no longer exist. This means that the majority of people
could soon be without enough food or water. But there is a
solution that is surprisingly within reach: Move most
farming into cities, and grow crops in tall, specially
constructed buildings. It’s called vertical farming.
Its a nice idea to add this type of eco-living-food production system but to say
that will be all that's left after 50 years is absurd and depressing. Obviously the author is tapping hotbutton issues
and lacks any real interest in bio farming or agriculture in general, probably knows very little about same.
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