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A new vertical farm, with a footprint of less than an acre, can produce 1.8 million kg of fruit annually. (newatlas.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Solar over normal farmland used for hand/robot-picked plants that like a certain amount of shade is also an option. I'm curious how many acres of solar you'd need to support one acre of this scale of vertical farming.

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