Is Vertical Farming the solution to the future?

I am a produce broker in Southerner N . J . Any form of farming that will increase production while using less land is important . Any land that can be conserved , and growers receive money from the U. S . Government not to sell for housing development is a wise decision .

honestly, i don't think that would work out too well- the cost to get all that going wouldn't really be worth it the part about the water part is already being done- hydroponics- that's being done in large "measures" in some places also with the vertical farming, just imagine how many farmers would be out of business b/c of that- farmers have had their farms in their family/families for MANY MANY generations and doing that would "break" them its a good idea, but not financially also, how would those fair during natural disaster- like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, ice? (depending on the area) and to rebuild those would be VERY VERY expensive compared to 'horizontal' farming

Well, it could be but it's probably way off yet, cost of doing it would be so high. There's lots more land in South America and Africa to bring into production before going vertical. Realize the thing verticle doesn't reproduce is the energy from the sun, and so you have to provide that energy. Now there are ways to do that, but the energy usage is substantial. And realize that the complexities of building vertical farms in say earthquake areas is substantial. Mostly at this point, it is promoted by some amazing people who seem to become millionaires while never really doing anything. Marv

If it would actually increase food production per hectare, it might, just might be profitable to build it. In the far north, with the building built so that the low angle sunlight could reach the middle, we might build a tower that is as wide as 10 metres before plants will compete for sunlight. Now those towers would cast a long shadow, so that we could not use land for growing close to the adjacent tower. But because the earth rotates we would not be able to use the space in any direction around the towers. We get only a finite amount of insolation. It is more than we can use in a flat profile. but that is mostly a function of plants unable to get enough water. A tropical rain forest because it gets far more water can actually use up all the insolation. We may accomplish more by working toward optimum use of water and building optimum soil ion exchange capacity. Big towers would not eliminate problems with plant pests such as insects, disease. It could assist in recovering water after transpiration.

yes it provides all kind of outland animals.