Major steps towards better, sustainable and affordable food production free of environmental challenges have been taken, with the "world's first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale" opening in Richmond, VA. It's backed by an international team of scientists that see this new…
Where I am from, farmland is cheap because of restrictions that prevent development or building on the land to preserve the areas ability to produce food.
But this doesn’t prevent the building of greenhouses, since it’s considered agriculture.
This results in many hundreds of acres of perfectly fine agricultural land being dug up and covered in gravel and concrete to build greenhouses.
It would be the same for vertical farms I imagine.
That’s fucked up. I can see it tolerated at very small scale, but if it goes above 10 acres in any state or small country, it’s a bit more than I’m comfortable with.
Where I am from, farmland is cheap because of restrictions that prevent development or building on the land to preserve the areas ability to produce food.
But this doesn’t prevent the building of greenhouses, since it’s considered agriculture.
This results in many hundreds of acres of perfectly fine agricultural land being dug up and covered in gravel and concrete to build greenhouses.
It would be the same for vertical farms I imagine.
That’s fucked up. I can see it tolerated at very small scale, but if it goes above 10 acres in any state or small country, it’s a bit more than I’m comfortable with.