What will happen in the future? An unanswerable question that we often ask ourselves. These days if you read any article in the media about our future you are likely to find a mention of climate change and the fact that it will have a major effect on all our lives. The mountain environment will certainly change with glaciers melting and weather systems becoming more erratic. Rising sea levels will displace people from low lying areas and a global population that will increase to 9 billion will put even more pressure on water and food resources.
Vertical Farming
The question of food and water shortages will undoubtedly be a problem in the future. Just where will we grow enough food to feed everybody? One proposed solution is Vertical Farming. Instead of growing produce horizontally in fields, Dr. Dickson Despommier from the Department of Environmental Health Science of Columbia University is proposing that we adopt a method of vertical farming in which fruit and vegetables are grown in skyscrapers in the urban environment. There are many benefits of vertical farming, they include:
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