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

By:

Despommier, Dickson D [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 305 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0312611390
9780312611392

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

630 22

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.

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Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	630 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A502614B

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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.

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