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Farming is on the Rise in Chicago
- 18 Feb 2012
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- Agriculture February 18 2012 Hydroponics Urban Vertical Growing Systems
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Building a Vertical Farm in an Old Chicago Meatpacking Plant

The Plant is Chicago's first vertical farm. This claim depends on your definition of vertical farm, of course, because The Plant isn't the sort of futuristic vegetation-filled skyscraper you might expect, and it isn't solely agricultural. While food will be grown there, the space will also house small food-related businesses, breweries and bakeries and the like, so it might be more accurate to classify it as a “food business incubator.” Whatever you call it, The Plant is definitely an example of innovative green food production, with the ambitious goal of being net-zero energy and net-zero waste by 2015.

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Space Farm
- 6 Feb 2012
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- Algae Farming February 06 2012 Food Futuristic Hydroponics Outer Space
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"The next step up from hydroponics is the orbital space farm, as envisaged by artist Frank Tinsley in 1954. The great coils you see in the giant dish contain chlorella algae; the wonder food of Future Past that was, along with yeast, supposed to replace bread as the staple of all mankind.

Back in the 1950s, this didn't seem like such a crazy idea. On paper, chlorella looked like a winner. Not only was the microorganism 50 percent protein with the complete set of amino acids, but it was also chock full of calories, fats and vitamins. Furthermore, all you needed to grow it was sunshine, water and carbon dioxide. And it grew in incredible quantities with one pilot plant projecting yields of 40 tons of dry weight protein per acre. At this rate, a farm the size of Rhode Island would feed the entire planet and cultivating one fifth of the Earth's surface would not only provide food, but all of the fuels needed for every major industry on the planet. All that needed to be overcome were "minor technical difficulties."...

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Future Farm : Hydroponics
- 26 Oct 2011
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- 25October11 Agriculture Farming Future Hydroponics
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"Hydroponics was another favourite of the prediction set, though I suspect that it had less to do with any inherent advantages of soil-less farming than it did with getting rid of all that icky mud.
Advanced spacecraft designers, who saw hydroponics as a way of recycling air on long spaceflights while providing the crew with the odd tomato or bit of salad greens to brighten up their day. Not a bad idea, if it weren't for the fact that a) the equipment and fertilisers needed have so far outweighed any payload benefits and b) finding the sand and caterpillars in deep space to go with the spinach has proven an insurmountable obstacle."

Future Farm

"This was before the advent of aeroponics !"

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WindowFarms
- 12 May 2011
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- 12May11 Agriculture Gardening Hydroponics
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Windowfarms let you grow food year-round inside while maximizing space. They are vertical food-growing gardens that use a dirt-free technique called hydroponics. You can buy a kit or build your own using low-impact or recycled local materials. Having a windowfarm is more about the activity and experience of windowfarming, these are living systems, not just a pretty thing to look at.

This site is the online community of windowfarmers around the world. Together, we are continually getting better at growing food in the local conditions of our own homes. We are contributing to the “green revolution” as non-experts. We call it R&D-I-Y, or research and develop it yourself. We use this site to collaborate on evolving designs for these vertical hydroponic systems– proposing experiments, testing techniques, and developing a shared knowledge base around the many variables involved in building and maintaining a farm inside a city apartment. Welcome!

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The Windowfarms Project
- 17 Dec 2010
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What is a Windowfarm?

"A Windowfarm is a vertical hydroponic farming system for year-round indoor growing inside windows. It is not really a "growing machine," as it still requires the conscious intervention of a farmer-- you. However, a Windowfarm is a platform that makes it easier for you to get started growing hydroponically even in limited space and during fall, winter, and spring months."

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