Are Vertical Farms The Future Of Agriculture?

The world requires an area of farmland the size of South America to feed itself. What will we do when we run out of farmland? Craig visits a vertical farm and sees if they could be the future of agriculture.

Special Thanks to:

Green Sense Farms
http://greensensefarms.com/

Dickson Despommier
http://www.verticalfarm.com/

Dickson Despommier's Book on Vertical Farms
http://us.macmillan.com/theverticalfarm/drdicksondespommier

Future Of Food Videos:
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Why We Should Be Urban Farming - http://bit.ly/1VuLlsl

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Dickson at podium, By Pop!Tech [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Pop%21Tech_2008_-_Dickson_Despommier.jpg

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Potato Garden, By BASFPlantScience [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farm_Kartoffelfeld_Schweden.jpg

flooded corn fields, http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q2/300-million-in-indiana-crops-value-lost-to-flooding-so-far.html, photo courtesy of Purdue Agricultural Communication photo/Darrin Pack

Pesticide Warning Sign, By Austin Valley, https://www.flickr.com/photos/austinvalley/5688752755

irrigation system, By Gene Alexander, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov No. NRCSCO87001) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PivotWithDrops.JPG

hardwood forest, By Joshua Mayer, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wackybadger/7327400812/

dew on clovers, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus921/3507776233

forest floor, By Danny Steaven (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest-floor076.jpg

produce in supermarket, By Dungodung (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Boqueria.JPG

Edamame, By Tammy Green (aka Zesmerelda) from Chicago Upscale Dining + Lounge Republic Pan-Asian Restaurant [http://www.republicrestaurant.us/ in Ontario & Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611] (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edamame_by_Zesmerelda_in_Chicago.jpg

Vertical Farm Concept, Vincent Callebaut Architectures, https://urbanagblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/on-our-urban-ag-radar-hydroponic-vending-machines-oasis-grower-solutions-for-anxious-growers-living-within-a-vertical-farm/

Dragonfly Vertical Farm, Vincent Callebaut Architectures, https://theurbanprospector.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/o-dragonfly-facebook.jpg

hydro car, Bbqjunkie at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/FCX_Clarity.jpg

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