The Vertical Farm
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Gershwin, George
giardia
global health problems
faecally transmitted infections
human feces as fertilizer and
global warming
fossil fuels and
rapid climate change
See also internal combustion engine; oil
Good Seed Company
Google, success of
Graham, Billy
grain
storage of
See also wheat
Grant, Ulysses S.
Grapes of Wrath, The (Steinbeck)
greenhouse gases
greenhouses
tomatoes grown in
grey water/black water
municipal waste management
purification to drinking water
Grimshaw, Nicholas
Guthrie, Woody
hail storms
Hawaiian Island extinctions, introduced infectious agents caused
Hayes, Dr. Tyrone
heavy metals
Heraclitus
herbicides
vertical farming and
Hirohito, Emperor
Hittites and agriculture
HIV/AIDS
Homer, Winslow
Homo helmei
Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)
and farming
immune systems
Homo sapiens sapiens
as omnivorous hunter-gatherers
See also human beings
Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
human beings
migration out of Africa
human feces
faecally transmitted infections
as fertilizer
global health problem from
Hurricane Andrew, cost of
hurricanes
hybrid vehicles, success of
hydroponic farming
seeds for
and vertical farming
water for
World War II and
hyenas
“In Our Children’s Food” (Frontline)
Inca
and agriculture
India
and traditional medicine
ING headquarters (Amsterdam)
internal combustion engine
See also global warming
International Space Station
water recycling
Jackson, Wyoming
John Deere Company
Jordan
origins of agriculture
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (London)
KieranTimberlake Architects
Kubrick, Stanley
Kuijt, Ian
Kyoto, Japan
Lee, Robert E.
Leopold, Aldo
Lever House (NYC)
Leviticus
lightemitting diodes (LEDs)
Lilly, John
Lincoln, Abraham
locusts invasions
Lovelock, James
McClellan, George B.
McDonough, William
malaria
treatment for
Malthus
Manchester, England
Mandela, Nelson
Marco Polo
Margulis, Lynn
meat
farming indoors
Mexico
and the development of corn
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Missouri Botanical Garden (Saint Louis)
morphine
Moses
Moyers, Bill
mutually dependent life-renewing cycles
National Pesticide Information Center
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
Natural Resources Defense Council
nature (remodeling)
agricultural waste
agriculture
doing no harm
ecosystems
environmental repair and food needs
indoor farming
plants and animals, mutual dependency
recycling
restaurant industry and organic waste
technology and
urban centers
vertical farming
Nazca and agriculture
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis)
Near East
and the development of agriculture
Neseed
New Alchemy Institute
New England
New Guinea Center and the development of agriculture
New Seasons Market
New York City
black water/grey water
and drinking water
rat population
restaurant industry and organic waste
and waste
Newgrange
Nile River
nitrogen fertilizer (ammonium nitrate)
and ecosystem disruptions
nitroglycerine
Nobel, Alfred
North American Center and the development of agriculture
O’Keeffe, Georgia
Odum, Howard
oil
discovery of
and global warming
production of
U.S. consumption of
See also rapid climate change
Omnivore’s Dilemma, The (Pollan)
Oregon State University
organic waste material
composting
getting energy from
plasma arc gasification (PAG)
Otto, Nikolaus August
Ove Arup Pty Ltd
paclitaxel
passive energy, capture for reliable source of electricity
geothermal
organic waste material
plasma arc gasification devices
wind power
Peru
and agriculture
potatoes, development of
pesticides
vertical farming and
pharmaceuticals
derived from plants
Pickens, T. Boone
plague
rats and
Planet Earth (BBC series)
plant diseases
PlantLab
plants
and animals, mutual dependency
chlorophyll
cultivation of
essential elements
pharmaceutical use of
and soil
See also aeroponic farming; hydroponic farming
plasma arc gasification (PAG) devices
plastic bottles
recycling for window panels
plastic parabolic mirrors
Pollan, Michael
pollution
agricultural runoff and
end of
global warming
vertical farming and
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic
leaching of toxic phthalates from
population
and food resources
increase of
Population Council
portable vertical farms
postharvest plant material
animal feed from
potato famine
potatoes
development of
poultry
farming indoors
Practical Hydroponics & Greenhouses
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
prohibition
PTW Architects
pyrolysis
quinine
Rafflesia arnoldii
Rainforest Fund
rapid climate change
cost of
crop failures and loss of yield
natural selection
rats
the Crusades and 1
in New York City
plague and
reserpine
rice
cultivation of
fungal disease and
genetically modified
storage of<
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Rogers, Will
salmonella
Samboja Lestari rain forest (Borneo)
ecosystem restoration
Sand County Almanac, A (Leopold)
Saving Private Ryan (film)
scarab beetle (Khepri)
schistosomes
Seabees (Construction Battalions)
Seagram Building (NYC)
seeds
production
for vertical farms
Seeger, Pete
Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Digital Forum
Siegers Seed Company
Silent Spring (Carson)
slavery
Slow Food movement
Smits, Dr. Willie
Snow, John
Sobrero, Ascanio
South America
and the development of agriculture
native peoples, near extinction of
species
introduced infectious agents causing extinction of
State of Food Insecurity in the World (FAO report)
State of the World’s Forests 2009 (FAO report)
steam engines
Steinbeck, John
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, The
Stevenson, Adlai
Sting
Stonehenge
Stoner, Richard
Styler, Trudie
Sumerians and agriculture
sun as a god
Sun Dagger spiral (Anasazi calendar)
Sun Stone (Aztec calendar)
Sunlight Direct
Sweet Water Foundation
Swaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan
symbiosis
syphilis
technosphere
technology
and vertical farming
terrorist activities
and food production
“They All Laughed” (Gershwin)
Todd, John
tomatoes
cultivation of
grown in a greenhouse
tornadoes
Toyota Motor Corporation
trematode parasite (Ribeiroia)
tuberculosis
2001: A Space Odyssey (Clarke)
United Nations
United States
farmers, population of
and Toyotas
United States Agency for International
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Energy (USDE)
United States Department of Homeland Security
urban framing
urban life
black water/grey water
and drinking water
health hazzards
municipal waste management
sustainable
See also cities; garbage and waste
urea
van der Rohe, Ludwig Mies
vegetables
farming indoors
vermin
garbage and waste
vertical farm (advantages)
agricultural runoff, end of
ecosystem restoration, allowance for
food safety and security, control of
new employment opportunities
pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers, end of need for
purification of grey water to drinking water
reduced food miles
water, using 70–95 percent less
weather-related crop failures, ending
year-round crop production
vertical farm (alternate uses)
biofuels
and environmental cleanup
plants, pharmaceutical use of
portable vertical farms
water recovery and recycling
vertical farm (form and function)
barrier design for plant protection, employing
buildings
configuration
faecally transmitted infections
footprint, orienting with a north-south exposure
passive energy, capture for reliable source of electricity
seeds
space devoted to growing crops, maximize the amount
sunlight, capturing and dispersing evenly among the crops
transparency
water
vertical farm (social benefits)
architectural imperialism
bioproductivity
cities as “living organisms,”
on the global level
governmental stability and
international trade
short term/long term benefits
Vertical Farm Project
students who contributed
vertical farming
and agriculture
benefits of
business taking rick on
consumer pressure and
cost of
economics
experimental vertical farms, establishing
external natural forces, eliminating
government involvement
hydroponic and aeroponic
as a solution
suggested reading
Web resources
vinblastine
Wari and agriculture
Washatko, Allen
waste
agricultural runoff and
cities without
municipal waste management
and New York City
restaurant industry and organic waste
See also garbage and waste; organic waste material
waste management
and energy
reinventing
waste water
black water/grey water
converted back into drinking water
municipal waste management
purification to drinking water
vertical farming and
water
agricultural runoff and
cities
Clean Water Act
clear and clean
crop selection
hydroponic farming
recovery and recycling
See also waste water
Water Cube (Beijing)
water wars
Waters, Alice
Weisman, Alan
wheat
development of
White River Junction rest stop (Vermont)
Whitman, Walt
World Health Organization
Whole Foods
World Trade Organization
wind power
World Without Us, The (Weisman)
Wöhler, Friedrich
World Bank
Yanomami of Brazil
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