Dickson Despommier
259 posts
Dickson Despommier
@VFDoctor
Farming as we know it is failing. The world needs a new approach to growing food for the coming generations. Vertical Farming is part of the solution.
Vertical Farm HQ Beigetreten Eylül 2010
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@SundropFarms Great story of invention and #entrepreneurship: ow.ly/fHdkf | Think you guys are doing some amazing things down...
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Nice research, writing, and thinking from @vmquirk in this 3 part series on urban agriculture: bit.ly/LwkMjc
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Our Facebook page got a tiny facelift: facebook.com/verticalfarm?s… It has a fun #image with a new blog post inside it
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Big congrats to the guys at @platchicago for raising money for their #VerticalFarm chicagoist.com/2011/09/21/chi… #sustainablecities
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meantime, more on the extreme weather of late- huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/19/flo…
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great talk thursday night with mitchell joachim of terreform one and me. join us at proteus gowanus. proteusgowanus.org/news-and-event…
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RT @ecoanthropos "Vertical farming finds success abroad; is the U.S. next? eveningtribune.com/mysource/busin… #urbanfarming #urbanagriculture" YES!
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in case you have not seen it- a farm on every rooftop! http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/03/31/cnn-a-farm-on-every-rooftop/
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more VF happenings- check out these folks http://nuvege.com/
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just passed 1 million VF site visits! keep sharing, thinking and innovating
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AMNH panel on urban ag tomorrow. come join: http://www.amnh.org/calendar/event/21st-Annual-Spring-Environmental-Lecture-and-Luncheon/
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unpredictable events are such by definition, but we can insulate
against agricultural failure- http://www.verticalfarm.com/blog?159
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ripple effect or tsunami- petrochemical ag ties spell trouble for mideast ag http://www.verticalfarm.com/blog?156
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some cool hydro facilities from east-west coasts http://bit.ly/hzzSuk and http://bit.ly/ezjcQF
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RT @evanstownmayor Vertical farm produces 5 times more vegetables http://bit.ly/hD86bd
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substantial step fwd-USDA awards $2mil to hydroponic tomato r&d http://bit.ly/fJprVk
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@GotGreenGlasses thanks! always great to hear support for this keystone of urban sustainability. what uni/class is working on the VF ?
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real food at McDo- progress! RT @jennigrayson: McDonald's forced to offer real maple syrup in Vermont http://bit.ly/dQxVKt
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