Vertical farming might benefit the environment

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Vertical farming might benefit the environment
“Vertical farming” is a term coined by Columbia University professor of environmental health and microbiology Dickson Despommier to describe the concept of growing large amounts of food in urban high-rise buildings – or socalled “farmscrapers.” According to the vision first developed in 1999 by Despommier and his students, a 30-story building built on one city block and engineered to maximize …

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