New Vertical Farms of the Future Use 95% Less Water and No Soil 

July 7th, 2016
Eli Solidum
Agriculture is an essential industry to the entire planet, but it is also one of the biggest known contributors to climate change. Many crops grown are to feed the livestock that many of us eat, and that takes a lot of water and resources. An engineer has designed ​a vertical farm structure that will significantly reduce the amount of resources used for farming, and it is amazing! If it is widely adopted in the future, it could be a huge breakthrough in environmentally-friendly agriculture.
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Not only does it look cool, vertical farming significantly reduces land use, fresh water contamination, and water consumption. Vertical farming is just one of the many exciting steps being taken towards improving outdated methods and going green in the process!

Below is a video about one of the vertical farms that are revolutionizing the world of agriculture, and the world altogether.

While many questions and experiments still have to be answered and conducted to test how efficient and how realistic the widespread implementation of vertical farming will be, initial tests have already shown many positives. While harnessing the mere power of the sun ​will not be enough for all the crops, LED lighting has proven to be an inexpensive substitute. That additional cost of LED lighting as opposed to using the sun pales in comparison to the amount saved in pesticides, water usage, land usage, labor, transportation, and many more aspects throughout the entire process.
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