Urban Farming Grows Up

Discovery-News.com: Discovery's Matt Danzico investigates vertical farming, an agricultural concept aimed at growing food and raising animals in skyscrapers in city centers.

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[slowfinger2]

I wish..... that replies to comments would go under the comment, not half-arsed backward at the top of the list.

We can only dream.

[knowledgehammer]

Thos against it are literally ignorant of how their CURRENT food is grown... they hysterically shy away from anything grown unnaturally, yet 92% of food in cities, including organic farm setups in the street get their seeds and most supplies to farm from companies who reduce the efficiency by intent, to keep control of the industry such as MONSANTO. This would create ludicrous surplus, hence finally granting cities a method of exportation of goods and actual revenue for cities themselves!!!

[map543211]

@curingaging00 finding large enough abandoned building in good enough shape to renovate might be difficult add in the cost of restructuring the building assuming you want to use natural sunlight would cost a small fortune in old large masonry buildings since their strength is in the skin of the building and if you use artificial light you get less yields at much higher cost then sunlight which is additional cost to over come probably better suited to more space restricted areas then US

[curingaging00]

@map543211 What about renovating old abandoned buildings? wouldn't that perhaps drive down the cost?

In another interview related to vertical farming they did speak a lot about renovating abandoned buildings.

[canuckartist]

It's an interesting idea, I'm not sure it would be cost effective though. There's no reason it could not grow good food but would'nt it be easier and cheaper to build rooftop greenhouses on existing buildings?

[map543211]

the problem is location 5 acres of land in NY city runs $50-100million go 100 miles out side the city and it drops there is a 190acre property for sale at $3.6 million. don't take me wrong I like the general concept I just don't see how it could be made with out breaking the bank when the final cost after building would be probably close to or over $200m to have less space then you can buy for $3-$4m add in the cost of building green houses and hydroponics say $10m total just doesn't add up

[curingaging00]

Why aren't we building more of these?

[Beef1188]

@overusedoxymoron2003 Im not talking about fear, im talking about opinionated dickweeds who say something from the top of their heads its as if they worked for years on it.

[overusedoxymoron2003]

@lycanzer Awesome math. Now bring that to the United Nations with a budget requirment and see how long it takes. ^_- Remember, despite how awesome the idea sounds, the bottom line is how much will something like that costs

[overusedoxymoron2003]

@Beef1188 Change is scary for alot of people. But this is the wave of the future. Perhaps a great palce to start would be....New Orleans. in 2005, the city was struck by a hurricane, and thousands of homes were destroyed. But those resdiential zones were retaken. The people left, or moved to other parts of the city. Thats thousands of acres of land available. Now what would happen if a company got some investors and built several multi-story farms, just outside of the city?

[AndurilWielder]

@LunaMartinMI though you might go to this building to shop, instead of a supermarket. maybe. to keep jobs open that may not happen, but it still could.

[AndurilWielder]

This is really great. Gas wont be used to fuel tractors and cars maintaining fields and driving produce to and from farms and cities.

It seems some people are nervous about eating food that's not grown from soil. Well the benefit is NOTHING compared to the payoff. It will still taste the same I'm sure. Also, apparently they can naturally grow these products three times as fast, because it wont be subject to the earth's seasons, but the temperature and atmosphere specific to the plant 24/7