TY - BOOK N2 - When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to many of the serious problems the world is facing. AB - When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to many of the serious problems the world is facing. T1 - The vertical farm :feeding the world in the 21st century / DA - 2010. CY - New York : AU - Despommier, Dickson D. ET - 1st ed. CN - S494.5.U72 CN - S494.5.U72 PB - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, PP - New York : PY - 2010. ID - 437001 KW - Urban agriculture. KW - Alternative agriculture. KW - Agriculture KW - Land use, Urban. SN - 9780312611392 (alk. paper) SN - 0312611390 (alk. paper) TI - The vertical farm :feeding the world in the 21st century / ER -