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Lettuce Look At A Working Vertical Farm in Korea

8:36 am in food, korea, vertical farms by TreeHugger

suwon korea vertical farm photo Image Credit Rural Development Administration We have been showing conceptual vertical farms for years, but in Suwon, South Korea they have one working and producing vegetables. It is a little three storey demonstration project in a nondescript building (image here), operating much like Dickson Despommier has described in his book, The Vertical Farm, right down to the airlocks and sterility he suggests is required. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Vertical Farms: Not Just Green Eye Candy, They Can Actually Work

12:07 pm in architects, food, toronto, vertical farms by TreeHugger

gordon graff skyfarm vertical farm image All images courtesy Gordon Graff Vertical farms have become a popular meme since Mike first wrote about them in 2005 and I first showed Gordon Graff's Sky Farm four years ago. Since then I became somewhat dubious about them, agreeing with Adam Stein that they were half-baked, , writing Vertical Farms Aren't ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Another Day, Another Spill: TransCanada Shuts Down Keystone Pipeline

1:37 pm in Business & Politics, canada, oil, peak oil, pollution, vertical farms by TreeHugger

Keystone pipeline photo Image: Ray Bodden via flickr The 591,000-barrel-a-day Keystone oil pipeline was shut down over the weekend, after a half-inch fitting broke and spilled approximately 10 barrels of oil. Not large as far as oil spills go, but it was the second spill in less than a month and at least the 12th spill in less than a year. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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