Is vertical farming going to save us from ze bugs? Or will Monsanto find a way to make it obsolete?

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Why don't we just do horizontal farming on tall skyscraper-like structures with hundreds of floors?

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Algae farming works better in urban environments than this in my opinion.

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No matter how you shape it, the amount of solar energy an area receives is the same.  

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If you put your farm in a skyscraper, you just create a shadow over what could be productive land. You're not getting free solar energy, you're taking it away from nearby land, and if you use artificial lighting, you add an additional expensive energy input.

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The Netherlands have more or less perfected the high-intensity farming tech. Flat horizontal farm covered in glass to provide optimal temperature and humidity, even out of season.

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A-frame structures ...

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