It is a neat idea, something that could even be adapted to urban/suburban lifestyles on a smaller scale. I do have issues with the statement, "Agriculture is broken. Traditional techniques use too much energy and produce too little food for our growing planet." Its simply not true. We aren't even using all the agricultural space we have in the US by far. Possible drought or not, we have a LOT of usable land still. And if a drought is coming, we have the means to produce an infrastructure of clean water from a good many sources.
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