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The Vertical Farm

Feeding the World in the 21st Century
Despommier, Dickson D. (Book - 2010)
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The Vertical Farm


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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

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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.

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Imprint: New York - Thomas Dunne BooksSt Martin's Press
Pages: 305
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 9780312611392, 0312611390
Call number: 630 D471v 2010
Language: English
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Statement of responsibility: Dickson Despommier
Characteristics: xiv, 305 p., [32] p. of plates :,col. ill., col. maps ;,25 cm
Author (Original Script): Despommier, Dickson D.
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