The Benefits of Vertical Farming
One advantage of vertical farming is that there is very little "land" that is needed. One indoor acre is equal to 4-6 outdoor acres or more, that is depending on the crop that is being grown. For instance, to grow a crop of strawberries indoors, one acre inside is equivalent to 30 acres outside. (VF) Instead of vast acres of land that would have been needed in greatly growing urban areas, there will be high rises full of many levels of different crops being grown. Also instead of going through all the trouble of building these high rises they will reactive and utilize existing buildings that are already within these urban areas, some that have long been used. Another interesting thing is that there is a projected walkway to be built under the high rise which they will have chambers underneath to release methane to a nearby power plant and sewage to a nearby sewage treatment plant. (Vertical Farm)
Another interesting but beneficial advantage to vertical farming is that it would bring so much to a growing urban area. For instance, if a vertical farm was built in an urban area it...
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