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The vertical farm, feeding ourselves and the world in the 21st century, Dickson Despommier

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The vertical farm, feeding ourselves and the world in the 21st century, Dickson Despommier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The vertical farm

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

653476308

Responsibility statement

Dickson Despommier

Sub title

feeding ourselves and the world in the 21st century

Summary

When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to many of the serious problems the world is facing

Table Of Contents

Remodeling nature -- Yesterday's agriculture -- Today's agriculture -- Tomorrow's agriculture -- The vertical farm: advantages -- The vertical farm: form and function -- The vertical farm: social benefits -- The vertical farm: alternate uses -- Food fast-forwarded

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