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The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21st century / Dickson Despommier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication 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)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • S494.5.U72 D47 2010
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.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Urban Farming
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Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves S494.5.U72 D47 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800083552
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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.

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