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Dawn Thilmany, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University

Vertical farming as a local food market innovation

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In a photo provided by Goldberg McDuffie Communication, Dickson Despommier, a professor of public health in environmental health sciences at Columbia University is seen in an undated photo. Despommier's book titled "The Vertical Farm" was published in Oct. 2010, and explores the possibility of farming in skyscrapers as a way to solve food and fresh water shortages. (AP Photo/Goldberg McDuffie Communication, Marlene Bloom, HO)

‘Vertical Farm’ envisions tall future for farming

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