Alternet discusses the insufficiencies of vertical farming. 
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Alternet discusses the insufficiencies of vertical farming.
Even if vertical farming were feasible on a large scale, it would not solve the most pressing agricultural problems; rather, it would push the dependence of food production on industrial inputs to even greater heights. It would ensure that dependence by depriving crops not only of soil but also of the most plentiful and ecologically benign energy source of all: sunlight.
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I think this makes the point that often the solutions to major problems facing the world are much simpler than many of the schemes we think up. Unfortunately, that also means that we can't always innovate our way out of a bind--we might actually have to sacrifice and change the way we inhabit the planet.
finally, some serious thought about this issue...
I am tired to see photoshopped green stuff on tall buildings, it's just such a disservice to our credibility and "ability to innovate"
i feel like the soil comment is a bit silly as anyone who has researched soil science knows that farmland is rapidly diminishing across the planet and salinity/erosion/contamination problems abound. hydroponics isn't a bad thing.
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