The Vertical Farming Scam
Wrong on So Many Levels
Cox, Stan
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/12/11/the-vertical-farming-scam/
Date Written: 2012-12-11
Publisher: CounterPunch
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX14749
Vertical farming would involve using the floorspace of tall urban buildings for growing food plants through largely hydroponic methods. This is envisioned as a way to integrate food production with dense human populations, increase production per unit of land area, protect crops against pests without the use of chemicals, and take vulnerable agricultural soils out of production by relocating crops to cities. It can, in fact, achieve none of these goals.
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