Dickson Despommier

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.

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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@SundropFarms Great story of invention and #entrepreneurship: http://t.co/JQkBYzNx | Think you guys are doing some amazing things down...

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@Channels_TV hope this is true, but it's hard to believe: http://t.co/rK3hsjkl #floods #foodshortage

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Nice research, writing, and thinking from @vmquirk in this 3 part series on urban agriculture: http://t.co/juGM4mTS

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Our Facebook page got a tiny facelift: http://t.co/e2mhBvE6 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 http://t.co/8IT16cFe #sustainablecities

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meantime, more on the extreme weather of late- http://t.co/B6tEcQJ

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great talk thursday night with mitchell joachim of terreform one and me. join us at proteus gowanus. http://t.co/nY6MXIk

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RT @ecoanthropos "Vertical farming finds success abroad; is the U.S. next? http://t.co/rO5Dxzf #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