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    Food for 9 Billion

    Vertical Lunch

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    Sam Eaton

    Food for 9 Billion

    Vertical Lunch

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    With a footprint of about 65 square feet, each SkyGreens tower is ten times as efficient per unit of land than conventional farming methods. Photo by Sam Eaton.

    A new super-efficient vertical farming system is producing greens for Singapore’s 5 million residents. Inventor Jack Ng hopes to increase local food security while helping cut down on the climate impact of food production.

    A video version of this story aired on PBS NewsHour.

    Date

    July 31, 2013

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    PRI's The World
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    Themes: Food, Environment
    Regions: Asia / Oceania
    Other Tags: Singapore, urban farming