Urban farming visionary Dr. Dickson Despommier made the pages of this week’s New York magazine, which published this story about the microbiologist’s dreams of converting skyscrapers into vertical farms.
Despommier believes, as recounted in NY mag, that “only by allowing significant portions of the Earth’s farmland to return to forest do we have a real chance of stabilizing climate and weather patterns.”
Global warming fears along with population explosions across the planet have put Despommier’s ideas front and center, especially with deep pocket investors in places like Dubai.
A Virtual Farmgirl thanks to Inhabitat for the tip about the latest on skyscraper farming.
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