Vertical Farms

15 Mind-Blowing Skyscrapers

Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Green Architecture, Skyscrapers, Green Technology, Slidepollajax, Architecture, Green Skyscrapers, Mind-Blowing Skyscrapers, Vertical Farms, Green Living, Green Design, Shipping Container Buildings, Green News

From Inhabitat: With world populations growing and land scarce, more and more architects are looking to build upwards instead of outwards. Want some ...

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Author Aims To Change Perceptions Of Urban Agriculture With New Book On Vertical Farms

AP | DAVID RUNK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Food, Dickson Despommier Vertical Farm, Vertical Farm Book, Urban Farming, The Vertical Farm, Urban Farms, Dickson Despommier, Vertical Farms, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Farm Dickson Despommier, Vertical Farming, Green News

DETROIT — A new book by an urban agriculture visionary aims to change the way people think about farming, offering a look into a future where ci...

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Skycraper Farm Recycles Garbage Into Edible Crops

Green Design Will Save the World | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Luke Clayden, Garbage Farms, Vertical Farms, Green Design, Local Food, Green News

Using trash to grow food isn't a new practice - composting, anyone? But Cypriot architect Luke Clayden's massive vertical bio-recycling plant brings t...

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11 Vertical Farms Of The Future

The Daily Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the world is becoming increasingly urbanized, planners have asked if we can bring food production directly to the people, cutting out the enviro...

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1,000 Words About Kenya

Bernard Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pastoralists, Livestock, Kibera, Africa LIFE Network, Solidarity Center, Vertical Farms, Nairobi, Kenya, Video, World News
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Our entry begins in Maralal, Kenya, a place mostly known for its wildlife.

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Vertical Farms (PHOTOS): The Future Of Sustainable Farming?

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Production, Food, Vertical Farming, Vertical Farms, Farming, Urban Farming, Slidepollajax, Green News

The idea for vertical farming was born in 1999 in a Columbia University classroom when Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental sciences and m...

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Are "Vertical Farms" The Next Wave In Eating Local?

New York Times | BINA VENKATARAMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Farms, Skyscraper Farms, Veritcal Urban Farms, Dickson Despommier, Fox News, Vertical Farms, Eating Local, Green News

What if "eating local" in Shanghai or New York meant getting your fresh produce from five blocks away? And what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as v...

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