The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century

by Dickson D. Despommier

Book Overview

Imagine a world where every town has its own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature's grocery store - imagine the world of the vertical farm.When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big - he thought up. Despommier's stroke of genius, the vertical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312611390
• ISBN13: 9780312611392
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"