print email comment close The Vertical Farm URL: http://www.verticalfarm.com Description: Discussion about the need for "vertical farms," a new approach to indoor farming. It is envisioned that such farms will be "efficient (cheap to construct and safe to operate) ... many stories high, [and] will be situated in the heart of the world's urban centers." The site features an essay, plans, and designs. From a professor and students at Columbia University. Author: Despommier, Dickson Publisher: VerticalFarm.com Library of Congress Subject Headings: Environmental engineering Food supply Sustainable agriculture Urban agriculture LII Database Information: Record 10586 created by Sybil Finemel on 08/21/2005 Last modification on 08/24/2005 Published: 08/21/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10586