Urban cores and peri-urban spaces are closer to large population centers and bustling markets, lessening the need to produce your product in one place, then drive it elsewhere to market. However, ...

Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, has proposed “vertical farming”: growing food—including fish and poultry—in urban buildings as tall ...

This modern approach to agriculture brings food production right into urban centers, transforming unused buildings into ...

Picture stepping onto your urban balcony and picking fresh tomatoes, basil, and leafy greens for tonight’s dinner. This simple act connects you to a growing movement transforming our cities into ...

urban sprawl, and soil destruction. At the current pace, farmable land could fall 50% by 2050, making an already daunting challenge even tougher. Vertical farming isn't a new technique.

Known as the Urban Farming Office, the concrete-framed building is adorned with a "vertical farm" of vegetables, fruits, and herbs, reflecting the studio's expertise in plant-filled, low-energy ...

“The world is asking farmers to fight climate change by reducing tillage and planting cover crops,” says Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist. “Governments want you to adopt vertical ...

Production technician Amanda Martinez, plants basil as she works in vertical ... farming could be better spent improving outdoor farming conditions. Genhua Niu is a Texas A&M professor of urban ...

Vertical farming could be the Segway of agriculture, falling way short of the hype. Some of the obstacles are obvious – energy use being top of the list. While LED cost and efficiency triggered ...