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Dec26

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12/26/2008 11:53 AM 

 Cities may sprout vertical farms   Dec. 24

Dixon Despommier, the Col­umbia University professor of public health, sees putting crops into skyscrapers as a better way to feed a hungry world. Professor Despommier’s website, verticalfarm.com, features architectural concepts of high-rise buildings that could grow fresh produce in urban areas while at the same time being much more environmentally sustainable than conventional agriculture....more

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