'Farm in the sky' planned for New York

[Dover]

'Farm in the sky' planned for New York
By Matthew Moore
7/15/08


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Plans for a "vertical farm" growing crops in the centre of New York are a step closer to becoming reality.

Local officials in Manhattan are drawing up a study to investigate whether a farm skyscraper would be economically and environmentally viable.

Urban vertical farms have been mooted by architects for several years, but until now had been widely dismissed as expensive and impractical.

But there now appears to be a real drive to push ahead with a pilot project. "I think we can really do this," said Scott Stringer, the borough president of Manhattan and the man who hopes the pitch the idea to the mayor's office. "We could get the funding."

He added: "Obviously we don't have vast amounts of vacant land, but the sky is the limit in Manhattan"....cont'd


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/07/16/noindex/eafarms115.xml&CMP=EMC-expat2008

[Muttocracy]

1. well, that goes way beyond rooftop gardening!

[ensho]

2. more power to Manhattan

nt

[Lorien]

3. I'm surprised that they haven't already built one in Dubai

they have the money and the land, plus it's more practical than an indoor ski slope and water park.