Vertical Theory
Another project I was not surprisingly intrigued by was vertical farming. Coming from a landscape architecture background, vertical farming was an idea that would constantly pop up time and time again. There will come a point in time where this will be absolutely necessary – with the growing human population food is becoming less available. Vertical farming takes up virtually no additional space, as it can be implemented on high rise buildings in NYC for instance. In this case they used a Hydroponic technique with a clay base and water, which requires no soil. Vertical farming would solve several issues that come along with farming- there would be no fossil fuels due to tractors and plows, no weather related crop issues, it would slow down global warming by allowing forests to grow back where they were cut down for farms, and minimize conflict over natural resources such as water. I appreciate this project because it is a practical solution to a real world issue, and one that I believe will soon be necessary in the future.
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