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This document describes an agricultural facility called Alpha Farm. It includes several components such as solar panels, a lightweight steel frame, venting systems, a chicken run, bee hives, and spaces for auxiliary growth, storage, and education. The primary growing space utilizes hydroponics and aeroponics. There is also an external growing space with reflective mirrors. The facility aims to be sustainable by including algae production, duckweed, protozoa, plankton, shrimp, and a fish farm. It also has systems for composting and oxygen circulation.
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- 3. The Vertical Farm: Keystone Concept to the Sustainable Eco-city July 17, 2011 DICKSON EMERITUS PROFESSOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DESPOMMIER, Ph.D.
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- 6. In the past,we envisioned a domed city to protect us from nature Buckminster Fuller’s domed Manhattan
- 8. Today, we domeour endangered plants to protect them from us! Eden Project Cornwall England
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- 13. Imminent Utopia Kris Kuksi
- 14. The Challenges Safe andAbundant Water Supply Food Safety and Security Engaging Society in Environmental Sustainability Reducing Dependence on Fossil Fuels
- 15. Agricultural Footprint Billion 6.8 People Not including grazing lands
- 16. World Population Growth Billion 10 By the year 2050 our species will increase 8 by another 3 billion people 6 4 Developing Regions 2 Industrialized Regions 0 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 Sources: United Nations Population Division and Population References Bureau, 1993
- 17. 6.8 Agricultural Footprint + 3 Billion People Billion People Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change David Tilman, et al. SCIENCE Vol 292—April, 2001
- 18. 80% of the Earth’savailable land is already farmed
- 19. 20% of USFossil Herbicides Fuel Use Food requires AGRICULTURE produces Agricultural Fertilizers Pesticides Runoff 70% of Available Fresh Water
- 20. Agricultural Runoff isDestroying the World’s Oceans <10 10–20 20–40 40–60 60–80 >80 Percent Increase in TN River Flux Dead Zones US Floods: 1993, 2007, 2008
- 22. Within 20 years,80% of us will live in cities or suburbs
- 23. Cities: Footprint = 2-3% of Earth’s land mass Responsible for 70% of our carbon emissions
- 24. The City Resources in Wastes out Water Solids Energy Liquids Food “Black Box” Gasses
- 25. Neither Were Yesterday’sCities Jericho Babylon Troy All Mesoamerican Cities Memphis (Egypt) Sparta Carthage Rome Angkor Wat
- 26. Provide a sustainable, safe Repair and abundant AND Earth’s food and water damaged supply for 10 billion ecosystems? people? Can We?
- 27. We Can Ifwe Want To
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- 32. Apply these provenindoor The Result: agricultural strategies to growing food in buildings located within the urban Vertical landscape… Farming
- 33. Advantages of aVertical Farm 5 ALLOWS RESTORATION OF DAMAGED ECOSYSTEMS USES 70% LESS WATER, NO AGRO- 4 CHEMICALS, NO FOSSIL FUELS 3 NO CROP LOSS FROM SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS 2 YEAR ROUND CROP PRODUCTION 1 NO AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF
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- 42. Ecosystems “Live WithinTheir Means” Solar Constant = 2 calories/cm2/minute
- 43. Ecosystems Everyone gets their fairshare Terrestrial Aquatic
- 44. The Vertical Farm:Key to Eco-Urbanization The Vertical Farm is the centerpiece for creating an eco-city in which all human activities reflect ecological process.
- 45. Vertical Farm ToolBox Hydroponics Automation Aeroponics Water Re-capture Drip Irrigation Passive Energy Waste-to-Energy LED Lighting
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- 47. Can we actually do anyof this?
- 48. We are alreadydoing it
- 49. Santa Ana, California Blackwater Gray water Drinking water
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- 61. Cities Planning AVertical Farm _______________ Singapore Manchester, England Milwaukee, USA Jackson Hole, USA
- 62. Cities interested increating a vertical farm New York City (2008 presentation to Manhattan Boro president’s office, Scott Stringer) Newark, NJ (2 presentations - 2009,2010 - to Mayor’s office, Stephan Pryor) Jersey City, NJ (2010 presentation to City planners office) Chicago, Ill. Newark, Delaware Beijing, China (Conference on metropolitan agriculture) Incheon, Korea (2007 presentation to City planners office) Singapore Vancouver, Canada Surrey, Canada (2009 presentation to Mayor’s office) Milan, Italy (Expo 2015 organizers) Las Vegas, Nevada Amman, Jordan (2009 presentation to Mayor’s office) Doha, Qatar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 63. It’s time tostop talking… …and START DOING!
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