An alternative to traditional farming, is vertical farming. Many types of plants (vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc.) can be grown in an urban concrete multi-storey farm, efficiently.
The vertical farm can occupy less than 1,000 m2 and have capacity to grow produce on multiple floors, under controlled temperature, and nutrition. Energy, water, and nutrients are most efficiently used and recycled. Careful design can result in no waste or pollution. The multu-storey structure can also harvest wind and solar energy, and rainwater.
Proximity to CBD makes marketting and tarnsport much less costly, and the products reach the customers more fresh.
I am keen to find people who might already be involved in this, or people who look for an opportunity to pioneer the paradigm shift.
People with farming experience, and people without farming experience can all help.
This is possibly an inevitable path when resources become more scarce. So, why not launch vertical farming while feasible ?
2006-12-09
19:02:55
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tekno_alan
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