Fear Of Heights? Sky Farming Not For You!

Fooled you! Sky farming isn’t done on the outside of hillsides or steep mountainsides. It is a plan by scientists, architects, environmental health specialists, water and sewage specialists and idealists to reduce the burden on the planet: feed the ever growing population of human beings by building specialized skyscrapers to do just that.

Farfetched? Not according to Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University. He has been developing the concept of vertical farming since before 2001 and is its leading proponent. Although Despommier says there are no real vertical farms extant at this time, there are… Continue reading →