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Plant Skyscrapers

Crops could soon be grown in greenhouses the  size of skyscrapers in city centres across the country, it has been  claimed.

Birds Eye and other food producers are  investigating building ‘plantscrapers’, which could accommodate hundreds of  storeys worth of crops, in a bid to make farming more economical, sustainable  and meet increasing demand.

The ‘vertical farms’ would use an innovative  feeding system which nourishes plants with enriched water, therefore cancelling  out the need for soil – and the need for food to be grown  and harvested in  the countryside.

And because the climate inside them can be  controlled, it is claimed the farms will  dramatically increase crop yields  because growing can occur all year round, while the plants would be under cover,  so pesticides would not need to be used.  Some supermarket foods such as tomatoes and  strawberries are already grown on farms using a primitive form of the so-called  hydroponic system. Now there are sophisticated plantscrapers planned or under  construction in Sweden, Japan, China, Singapore and Chicago in the  U.S.   Read more here:

Vertical Farm Blossoms at Meatpacking Plant in Chicago

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An old meatpacking plant on Chicago’s South Side is being transformed into an eco farm, which its founders says will produce food sustainably, while creating zero waste.  American entrepreneur John Edel is the founder of “The Plant,” a vertical-farm initiative that he hopes will show people the ease of adapting to green food production in urban living environments.

A vertical farm is an urban agriculture concept whereby food is grown in and on top of buildings in city areas. In order for this process to work, urban farmers use a variety of techniques, including hydroponics — cultivating plants in water — and aquaponics, which uses by-products from fish farming to assist hydroponic growth.

With the world’s population surpassing seven billion people and the rapid pace of urbanization, finding space to grow food is becoming an increasing challenge — one that Edel and his team of volunteers at The Plant are rising to.  Read more here…

Besides the fact that these urban farms are able to grow organically without pesticides, the products will be both local and not have to be transported 1000′s of miles and support the local economy.

Peace and Prosperity,

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