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02324aam a2200349Mi 4500 001 66CCE1CA300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220909010236 008 200831s2020 nyua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1250769809 020 $a 9781250769800 035 $a (OCoLC)1192360991 040 $a TOH $b eng $e rda $c TOH $d GK8 $d JBU $d OCLCO $d KAY $d SILO 100 1 $a Despommier, Dickson D., $e author. 245 14 $a The vertical farm : $b feeding the world in the 21st century / Dr. Dickson Despommier ; [with a foreword by Majora Carter]. 250 $a Tenth anniversary edition 250 $a Second Picador paperback edition 264 1 $a New York : $b Picador, A Thomas Dunne book, St. Martin's Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xiv, 345 pages, [40] pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Imagine a world where every city has its own local food source grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature's grocery store--imagine the world of the vertical farm. When Columbia professor Dr. Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and enery crises, he didn't just think big--he thought up. In The Vertical Farm, he passionately explains the incredible impact of urban agriculture and how it will change the face of this planet for future generations."--Back cover 505 0 $a Remodeling nature -- Yesterday's agriculture -- Today's agriculture -- Tomorrow's agriculture -- The vertical farm: advantages -- The vertical farm: form and function -- The vertical farm: social benefits -- The vertical farm: alternate uses -- Food fast-forwarded -- The what happened? -- Afterword to the 2020 paperback edition / by Gene A. Giacomelli. 650 0 $a Urban agriculture. $9 524685 650 0 $a Alternative agriculture. $9 851104 650 0 $a Agriculture $x Environmental aspects. $9 43114 650 0 $a Land use, Urban. $9 644834 700 1 $a Carter, Majora, $e author of foreword. $9 829890 700 1 $a Giacomelli, G. A. $q (Gene A.), $e author of afterword. 941 $a 1 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909062818.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=66CCE1CA300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search