Vertical farming is the practice of growing crops in vertically and horizontally stacked layers. It often incorporates controlled-environment agriculture, aiming to optimize plant growth, and soilless techniques such as hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics, housed in structures including buildings, shipping containers, underground tunnels and abandoned mine shafts. The modern concept was proposed in 1999 by Dickson Despommier, a professor of public and environmental health at Columbia University, whose unbuilt skyscraper-farm design for feeding 50,000 people popularized the idea. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Practice ClassControlled environment agriculture 1 OriginThe modern concept was proposed in 1999 by Dickson Despommier, professor of Public and Environmental Health at Columbia University, whose unbuilt skyscraper-farm design for feeding 50,000 people popularized the idea. 1 Connections
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Vertical farming is the practice of growing crops in vertically and horizontally stacked layers.
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It often incorporates controlled-environment agriculture, which aims to optimize plant growth
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The modern concept of vertical farming was proposed in 1999 by Dickson Despommier, professor of Public and Environmental Health at Columbia University.
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