Interview with The Father of Vertical Farming
According to the Vertical Farm Project, by the year 2050 the earth’s human population will have increased by around 3 billion, and 80% will reside in urban centers. The project estimates 109 hectares of new land (about 20% more land than the area of Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed them, if traditional farming practices continue...
Homo Neutralis: A Sustainable Urban Species
Recent years have seen a flurry of speculation as to the form and structure of a city able to sustainably support our future needs. But is such speculation just wasted, wishful thinking? Emerging research in the fields of human evolution suggest that a new chicken and egg debate is forming in relation to our urban...
The Virtues of Vertical Farming
“Vertical farming is a proposed agricultural technique involving large-scale agriculture in urban high-rises or “farmscrapers”. Using recycled resources and greenhouse methods such as hydroponics, these buildings would produce fruit, vegetables, edible mushrooms and algae year-round…” [Source] A few weeks ago at a local supermarket I picked up a beautifully bright red-orange tomato and marveled at...
