These Floating Vertical Farms Are Designed To Bring Local Food To The Densest Urban Areas

Adele Peters, Fast Company
Tue, 07/29/2014 - 5:50am

A system of floating towers could provide more room for agriculture in places where farms won't fit.As one of the densest countries in the world, with nearly 20,000 people per square mile, Singapore doesn't really have room for farms. Almost all of the food there is imported from elsewhere--sometimes as far away as Brazil or Argentina.

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