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The Vertical Farm : Feeding the World in the 21St Century by Dr. Dickson Despommier is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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"The vertical farm is a world-changing innovation whose time has come. Dickson Despommier's visionary book provides a blueprint for securing the world's food supply and at the same time solving one of the gravest environmental crises facing us today."--Sting Imagine a world where every town has their own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature's grocery store - imagine the world of the vertical farm. When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big - he thought up. Despommier's stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Despommier explains how the vertical farm will have an incredible impact on changing the face of this planet for future generations. Despommier takes readers on an incredible journey inside the vertical farm, buildings filled with fruits and vegetables that will provide local food sources for entire cities. Vertical farms will allow us to: - Grow food 24 hours a
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- Author
- Dr. Dickson Despommier
- Publisher
- Picador Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312610692
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Management, Economics
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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