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Vertical farms sprouting all over the world
"Vertical farms" are promising a new, environmentally friendly way to feed the rapidly swelling populations of cities worldwide. In March, the world's largest vertical farm is set to open up shop in Scranton. Built by Green Spirit Farms (GSF) of New Buffalo, Michigan, it will only be a single storey covering 3.25 hectares, but with racks stacked six high it will house 17 million plants. And it is just one of a growing number.
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I think it's good we are getting better at this. After all, we can only spread horizontally so far. Using vertical space for our resource production just makes sense.
Garden Cities!!!
Michigan techno!