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In the December 5 Issue:

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Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance

FARMING UP

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ENLARGE | The Living Skyscraper, illustrated here, is one vertical farming concept put forth by architects and engineers. Proponents envision cities that grow their own food all year, reducing the environmental toll wrought by conventional farms.Credit: Blake Kurasek

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I believe I read something like this decades ago in Popular Science. Don't you guys have ANY peer review? Or was this a joke I just failed to notice? High-rise soybean fields produce HOW many 2,000 calorie per person daily meals per meter of hight?

Jeeze.....

EJ David

Nov. 5, 2008 at 4:18pm