Vertical Farming in the Big Apple


	Vertical Farming in the Big Apple

patchworkthreads

6-19-2007 8:03 PM

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environment, science, life imitates art, sci-fi, smac

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Straight out of classic science fiction and into the modern day.

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<FONT size="2">On each floor there would be giant planting beds, indoor fields in effect. 
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<FONT size="2">There would be a sophisticated irrigation system.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm"><P><FONT size="2">
And so crops of all kinds and small livestock could all be grown in a controlled environment in the most urban of settings.
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<FONT size="2">That means there would be no shipping costs, and no pollution caused by moving produce around the country.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm"><P><FONT size="2">Professor Despommier lists many advantages of this revolutionary kind of agriculture. They include:
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<FONT size="2"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Year round crop production in a controlled environment</LI>
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</P><FONT size="2"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">All produce would be organic as there would be no exposure to wild parasites and bugs</LI>
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</P><FONT size="2"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Elimination of environmentally damaging agricultural runoff</LI>
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</P><FONT size="2"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Food being produced locally to where it is consumed</LI>
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<FONT size="2">And, says the professor, vertical farming would allow some existing traditional farms to be returned to natural forests.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm">For now, vertical farms are a virtual concept.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A0A16016-7046-4914-A787-3EC6624F04CC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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