farmscraper
a tall building for growing crops
TRANSLATION
farmscraper = die vertikale Landschaft --- GOOGLE INDEX farmscraper: approximately 10,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
FARMSCRAPERS may become the solution to a bulging population versus diminishing land.
(The London Independent)
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With housing's collapse, site turns to FARMSCRAPERS
(Headline from North Bay Business Journal, Santa Rosa, CA)
(The London Independent)
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With housing's collapse, site turns to FARMSCRAPERS
(Headline from North Bay Business Journal, Santa Rosa, CA)
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farmscraper
noun
- an urban, high-rise building used to grow food crops
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The term farmscrapers refers to a concept that involves large-scale agriculture in urban high-rise buildings. Using recycled resources and greenhouse methods such as hydroponics, these buildings are designed to produce fruit, vegetables, edible mushrooms and algae year-round.
Proponents argue that by allowing traditional outdoor farms to revert to a natural state and reducing the energy costs needed to transport foods to consumers, farmscrapers could significantly alleviate climate change produced by excess atmospheric carbon.
Critics of the concept believe the costs of the additional energy needed for artificial lighting, heating and other operations outweigh the benefit of the building’s close proximity to the areas of consumption.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
vertical farming, vertical agriculture, high-rise farming, high-rise agriculture
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Why not convert empty office buildings into a farmscraper."
noun
- an urban, high-rise building used to grow food crops
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The term farmscrapers refers to a concept that involves large-scale agriculture in urban high-rise buildings. Using recycled resources and greenhouse methods such as hydroponics, these buildings are designed to produce fruit, vegetables, edible mushrooms and algae year-round.
Proponents argue that by allowing traditional outdoor farms to revert to a natural state and reducing the energy costs needed to transport foods to consumers, farmscrapers could significantly alleviate climate change produced by excess atmospheric carbon.
Critics of the concept believe the costs of the additional energy needed for artificial lighting, heating and other operations outweigh the benefit of the building’s close proximity to the areas of consumption.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
vertical farming, vertical agriculture, high-rise farming, high-rise agriculture
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Why not convert empty office buildings into a farmscraper."
