Inside the Vertical Farm

Your guide to the automated farming technologies, lab-grown meat, glowing bacteria, and sewage-to-electricity converters that will help vertical farming take off

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Posted on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 AM EDT

Plants don't have millions of years to adapt to indoor hydroponic growth cycles, so botanists must select and breed the strains that perform best. Other scientists will blend specialized fertilizers for the plants so that they'll contain micronutrients essential to the human diet, like selenium and zinc. Graham Murdoch

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