
Amanda Little on the Fate of Food
The Next Big Idea
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Vertical Farming - The Future of Sustainable Food Production
i'm concerned about this vulnerability of romain lettuce because, as you may know, that is critical to the perfect b l t romain. A researcher at m i t named caleb harper has created these small scale vertical farms and he calls them food computers. And they can simulate all the conditions that are needed to grow a certain plant in southwestern spain or burgundy France. So we have the techno optimists and the back to nature heirloom farmers two different camps, those who want to re invent food and those who want a d invented. Neither approach on its own will work. We need a synthesis of the two. Our challenge is to borrow from the wisdom of the
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