Are Vertical Farms The Future Of Agriculture?

The world requires an area of farmland the size of South America to feed itself. What will we do when we run out of farmland? Craig visits a vertical farm and sees if they could be the future of agriculture. Special Thanks to: Green Sense Farms http://greensensefarms.com/ Dickson Despommier http://www.verticalfarm.com/ Dickson Despommier's Book on Vertical Farms http://us.macmillan.com/theverticalfa... Future Of Food Videos: Can We Make Meat Out Of Plants? - http://bit.ly/1hwhYHo Why You Should Eat Bugs - http://bit.ly/1Jg4IBf Are Vertical Farms The Future Of Agriculture? - http://bit.ly/1hExTE6 Why We Should Be Urban Farming - http://bit.ly/1VuLlsl ►Subscribe:    / thegoodstuff   ►Follow us on Twitter:   / goodstuffshow   ►Follow us on instagram: goodstuffshow ►Like us on facebook:   / thegoodstuffshow   Digital street team: http://goodstuffshow.com/digitalstree... Sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/bnSOcH The Good Stuff is a proud member of the PBS Digital Studios family __________________________________________________________________ Music by: Oscillator Bug https://oscillator-bug.bandcamp.com/ Jason Shaw http://audionautix.com/ Jake Chudnow   / jakechudnow   Driftless Pony Club http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/ Todd Umhoefer (Old Earth) http://oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com/ Image/Video Credits: Dickson at podium, By Pop!Tech [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... Rice Plants, By IRRI Images (originally posted to Flickr as Korea_0001) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Rooftop Garden, By Lamiot (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Potato Garden, By BASFPlantScience [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... flooded corn fields, http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releas..., photo courtesy of Purdue Agricultural Communication photo/Darrin Pack Pesticide Warning Sign, By Austin Valley, https://www.flickr.com/photos/austinv... irrigation system, By Gene Alexander, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov No. NRCSCO87001) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... hardwood forest, By Joshua Mayer, https://www.flickr.com/photos/wackyba... dew on clovers, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnus9... forest floor, By Danny Steaven (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... produce in supermarket, By Dungodung (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Edamame, By Tammy Green (aka Zesmerelda) from Chicago Upscale Dining + Lounge Republic Pan-Asian Restaurant [http://www.republicrestaurant.us/ in Ontario & Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611] (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Vertical Farm Concept, Vincent Callebaut Architectures, https://urbanagblog.wordpress.com/201... Dragonfly Vertical Farm, Vincent Callebaut Architectures, https://theurbanprospector.files.word... hydro car, Bbqjunkie at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...