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What Is A Vertical Farm? What Is A Vertical Farm?

Presented by Dickson Despommier

Emeritus Professor Columbia University

Food:

Security

Sovereignty

Sustainability

Safety

Dr. Gene Giacomelli, greenhouse guru! High Tech Greenhouse

Inside A High Tech Greenhouse

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EuroFresh Farms, Wilcox, Arizona

I Was On The Colber Repor And Lived To Tell About It!

Stephen Colbert interviews Columbia University professor Dickson Despommier about how growing food in vertical towers could be the answer to the food crisis. Vertical farming, which uses hydroponics technology, allows for better control of the growing environment and puts food within the city limits, cutting down on food transportation costs... "Plus, it's pleasantly phallic," adds Colbert.

History of the Vertical Farm Concept

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon Development of Hydroponics

2,600 BP

Dr. William F. Gericke

1930s

“Vertical Farm” term coined Dickson Despommier

1999

First Vertical Farm Suwon, Korea

The Plant Chicago

2010

Nuvege Kyoto, Japan

Plantagon Linköping, Sweden

2013

Singapore

2011

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1zKNNRIYu4&feature=related

Benjamin Kennedy on vertical farming

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCfkjl35_8Q

Gordon Graff on vertical farming

Vertical Farm Tool Box

Hydroponics

Aeroponics

Drip Irrigation

Waste-to-Energy

Automation

Water Re-capture

Passive Energy

LED Lighting

Apply these proven indoor agricultural strategies to growing food in buildings located within the urban landscape…

The Result:

Vertical Farming

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NO AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF

YEAR ROUND CROP PRODUCTION: SUSTAINABILITY

NO CROP LOSS FROM SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS

USES 70% LESS WATER, NO AGRO-CHEMICALS, NO FOSSIL FUELS

ALLOWS RESTORATION OF DAMAGED ECOSYTEMS

Advantages of a Vertical Farm

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GUARANTEES SAFETY DURING PRODUCTION

CREATES NEW JOBS

INSURES FOOD SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY

USES ABANDONED CITY PROPERTIES

CAN GROW BIO-FUELS, PLANT-DERIVED DRUGS

Advantages of a Vertical Farm

The Rise Of The Vertical Farm - 2010-2012 ___________________________________

Rural Development Authority, 3 Story VF - Suwon, Korea*

2 story VF - Singapore

Nuvege – 3 story VF - Kyoto, Japan

Cevesca - 2 story VF– Seattle

The Plant – 3 story VF – Chicago

________________________________________________________ Plantagon 17 story VF – Linköping, Sweden**

_________________________________________________________ PlantLab – 3 story VF - Den Bosch, Holland

Alpha House – 5 story retro-fitted warehouse – Manchester, England

Growing Power - 5 story VF –Milwaukee

Jackson- 4 story VF – Wyoming

Amsterdam- 2 story VF - Holland

*World’s first vertical farm

** World’s largest vertical farm

Built

Under Construction

Planned

Chlorophyll a & b Absorption Spectra

Suwon, Korea

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Nuvege Kyoto, Japan

Plantagon International AB, Linköping, Sweden

17 Story Vertical Farm

The Plant, Chicago

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Holland

Jackson, Wyoming

Growing Power 5 Story Vertical Farm

Omega Grow Systems Farmdominium

Cities with strong interest in creating a vertical farm New York City (2008 presentation to MBP, Scott Stringer) Newark, NJ (2009, 2010 – presentations to Mayor’s office) Jersey City, NJ (2010 presentation to city planners office) Philadelphia, Penn. Newark, Delaware Las Vegas, Nevada Beijing, China (2009, Conference on metropolitan agriculture) Shanghai, China (2011, presentation to city planners) Incheon, Korea (2007 presentation to City planners office) Seoul, Korea (2008, 2011, Seoul Digital Forum) Vancouver, Canada Toronto, Canada Surrey, Canada (2009 presentation to Mayor’s office) Milan, Italy (Expo 2015 organizers) Amman, Jordan (2009 presentation to Mayor’s office) Doha, Qatar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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A Special Thanks to All My Students

2004

Anisa Buck

Daniel Dine

Stacy Goldberg

Vani Gulate

Vivek Iyer

Ben Jacob

Eugene Kang

Roger Kim

Jennifer Montes

Pearl Moy

Anita O’Connor

Katerina Paraskevas

Rebecca Tatum

Carrie Teicher

Janice Turner

2005

Alam Saad

Kristen Coates

Stephen Lee

Maribeth Lovegrove

Michelle Robalino

Sonia Demitrie Toure

Athina Vassilakis 2007

Evelyn Natalia Alvarez

Matthew Peter Bussa

Caroline Carnevale

Yana Chervona

Richele Lynn Corrado

Manisha Daswani

Jonathan Gass

Moshen Ghanefar

Kahterine Gifford

Sookyung Ham

JongJin Jo

Dianna Jones

Steven Kauh

Raeya Khan

Danille Kontovas

Cynthia Lendor

Jason Light

Kevin Lo

Diego Lopez De Castilla

Theodora Sakata

Dennis Santella

Sapna Surendran

Kelly Urry 2006

James Baumgartner

Jasmine Beria

Kenneth Chamber

Elizabeth Del Giacco

Leslie-Anne Danielle Fitzpatrick

Bryan Joshua Garber

Greg Gin

Alexis Katrell Harman

Rory E. Mauro

Jun Michjael Mitsumoto

Natalie Neu

Ivan Ramirez

Elizabeth Morgan Reitano

Kathleen Ann Roosevelt

Jordana Rothschild

Nicholas Sebes

Adireenne Sheetz

Chrisytopher Martin

Mary Ann Popovech

Iris Anne Cruz Reyes

Yalini Senathirajah

Timon Tai 2008

Sarah Autry

Claudia Cujar

Geoffrey Garst

Erica Hahn

Schuyler Henderson

Carolyn Hettrich

Yuki Kaneda

Chris Karampahtsis

Hannah Kellogg

Mateusz Kruk

Gilma Mantilla

Karl Minges

Christopher Ovanez

Johanathan Stettin

Sarah Wishnek

A Special Thanks to All My Students (cont’d)

2010

Juilee Prakash Barde

Jonathan Remy Camuzeaux

Michelle T. Chuang

Offira Shuly Gabbay

Elizabeth Ellen Hornyak

Lea Kiefer

Freda Robyn Laulicht

Allison Michelle Martineau

Genevieve Sophia Slocum

Ida Hui Suen

Iesha Wadala

Patrice Adele

2009

Joshua Bernstock

Alisa M. Koval

Yanjuska Lescaille

Sara M. Miller

Jonathan P. Salud

Alexander T.

Sonneborn

Naomi J. Sorkin

Sunny Uppal

Alexander T. Varga

Kate R. Weinberg

Daniel Yagoda

Zahira Zahid

Save Water

Farm Smart

To learn more: It’s time to stop talking… …and START DOING!

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Help Keep Our Blue Planet

Green! Thank You!