"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
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Harvest Green Vertical Farm
I strongly believe that new forms of farming are going to be the biggest social change agent in the next 50 years.
When Alchemy calls I will have launched an African Vertical Farm in my hometown of Cape Town, overlooking the sea and the ground-breaking technology used here will be needed to solve Tokyo's food shortage.
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Comment by Chelsea Howe on February 15, 2010 at 7:08pm
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Gorgeous image - and solid idea. We've been using vertical methods to store people for decades, makes sense to start using vertical space for food, too.
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Comment by Robert Hawkins on February 16, 2010 at 12:21am
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Fascinating concept. Will be interested to investigate how they deal with sun angles and rain capture/irrigation.
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Comment by Batandwa Alperstein on February 16, 2010 at 6:34am
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@Chelsea, indeed the plant kingdom needs to be accommodated in an urban manner :)
@Robert, vertical farming makes use of hydroponics and aquaponics so those light and water are artificially managed. But don't worry, it uses less energy and allows for natural eco-systems to flourish because it removes the disastrous land-eating commercial farming that is used today.
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Comment by Josh Judkins on February 28, 2010 at 9:57am
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The goal of being part of the vertical farming movement is awesome - I'm totally intrigued by the concept, and cannot wait to see one working in practice!
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Comment by Vyacheslav Khyzhnyak on March 3, 2010 at 9:15am
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I prefer permaculture, but it`s a nice idea :) I guess my imagination will be about permaculture.
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I just find it rather funny that to free up the land we clutter the sky instead. Nevertheless it is much better than having 100 acres being owned by a single farmer.
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permaculture is an attractive route; the return to natural, organic ways. but can it feed a population double the size of the current population, reliably? have you watched 'the power of community" about the permaculture/organic urban farming movement in cuba? it is really inspiring stuff; if we were all as dedicated as the cubans, many of our essential problems would be solved.
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 8, 2010 at 11:06pm
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That has to be one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
And its not an either/or question with permaculture, because permaculture encourages these types of inventions. Its all about realizing the you live in a designed space, and have the capacity to re-design it to suit your needs and not arbitrary social norms.
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Comment by F. Blaine MacKinnon on March 8, 2010 at 11:39pm
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Permaculture is my preference at the scale I participate but on a commercial level vertical, although maybe not sky scraper high has many advantages such as location close to market, minimization of water consumption, preservation of natural habitat etc.
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Comment by Hannah Kohn on March 9, 2010 at 7:46pm
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Very interesting concept. It's a truly beautiful image.
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