01861cam a2200313 4500 1163871831 TxAuBib 20110430120000.0 100730s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010029257 9780312611392 alk. paper $25.99 0312611390 alk. paper $25.99 (OCoLC)653476308 DNAL/DLC DLC YDXCP NSB MOF BKL TxAuBib Despommier, Dickson D. The vertical farm : feeding the world in the 21st century / Dickson Despommier. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. xiv, 305 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-292) and index. Remodeling nature -- Yesterday's agriculture -- Today's agriculture -- Tomorrow's agriculture -- The vertical farm: advantages -- The vertical farm: form and function -- The vertical farm: social benefits -- The vertical farm: alternate uses -- Food fast-forwarded. When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to many of the serious problems the world is facing. 20110430. Urban agriculture. Alternative agriculture. Agriculture Environmental aspects. Land use, Urban. TXKIP