The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21st century / Dickson Despommier.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 305 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780312611392 (alk. paper)
- 0312611390 (alk. paper)
- S494.5.U72 D47 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.