The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century by Dickson Despommier

The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century



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ISBN: 9780312611392
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Page: 320
Format: pdf


Yale researchers assert that in America “78 percent The UN Food and Agriculture Organization state the food production must expand more than 70% globally to feed the world's population. In 2050, the UN Population Division says that, after 80% of the population of America has been moved into the Agenda 21 mega-cities, there will be a need to construct vertical farms in order to feed the urbanized residents. Dickson Despommier discusses his new book The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century (Thomas Dunne, 2010), with Joseph Planta. Vertical farming is a relatively new concept that fuses design and architecture with the very real demands on food production and population growth. Photos: Doing Time on a Southern Prison Farm IF students do not act as you claim (which is my personal, sample of one) experience, then why make such a big deal about it --- the intelligent will, like they always have, explore all the knowledge of the world, while the stupid will, like they always have, play video games and get drunk. Experts say this must be the future of urban food production. One of the world's leading experts in this approach to go to the moon, Mars, or beyond without first learning to farm indoors; Vertical Farming could reduce the incidence of armed conflict over natural resources. This book was given to me by a happy Git user (Thanks, Michael!) as a gift, picked from my wish list at Amazon. The book was fascinating and somewhat disappointing at the same time. I can understand marking down someone playing with word, letter or vertical space, but sheesh.

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