The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21st century /
Despommier, Dickson D.
The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21st century / Dickson Despommier. - 1st ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010. - xiv, 305 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
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.
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.
9780312611392 (alk. paper) 0312611390 (alk. paper)
2010029257
Urban agriculture.
Alternative agriculture.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
Land use, Urban.
S494.5.U72 / D47 2010
S494.5.U72 / D47 2010
The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21st century / Dickson Despommier. - 1st ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010. - xiv, 305 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
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.
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.
9780312611392 (alk. paper) 0312611390 (alk. paper)
2010029257
Urban agriculture.
Alternative agriculture.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
Land use, Urban.
S494.5.U72 / D47 2010
S494.5.U72 / D47 2010