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201613 minGdoc-short

Vertical Farm

201613 minGdoc-short

In Austria, architects Daniel Podmirseg and Lucas Kulnig present their vision for vertical farming as a solution to global food production challenges by 2050.

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Vertical Farm

2016• 13 minG

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In Austria, architects Daniel Podmirseg and Lucas Kulnig present their vision for vertical farming as a solution to global food production challenges by 2050.

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The US-scientist Dickson Despommier is seen as the inventor of Vertical Farming; food production vertically. In Austria, Daniel Podmirseg and Lucas Kulnig, two architects well-known in the international scene of Vertical Farming, describe their vision of feeding the world population in 2050. Watch other Newton episodes: https://goo.gl/98l3XJ Subscribe to wocomoDOCS for more documentaries in full length: https://goo.gl/q5GXI6 Follow wocomo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo/

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