vue - What Is The Future Of Agriculture?

This month, Future Perfect explores some possible solutions to the ever growing demand on our world's food supplies to provide enough nutrition to all 7 Billion of us and what to do when we continue to grow as a species! Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/futureperfectYT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIdP00u2KRA - DIckson Despommier - the Vertical Farm - ‘vertical farming is a beautiful interaction, a beautiful way of expressing our technology’ - Dickson Despommier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1wQ2LXeF-k http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable_land http://www.nia.nih.gov/research/publication/global-health-and-aging/living-longer http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-07/8-farming-solution-help-stop-world-hunger http://media.clemson.edu/public/restoration/iae/vfarm/student_verticalfarming.pdf http://gogreen.whatitcosts.com/vertical-farm-pg2.htm http://www.verticalfarm.com - Definition of vertical farming: any building that grows food inside of it http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/vertical-farming.html#.VW79IULvbE4 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/28/dickson-despommiers-the-v_n_775284.html http://okaywhatever.com/wordpress/the-pros-and-cons-of-vertical-farming/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwCR8peN6ok The Eden Project: http://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/behind-the-scenes/sustainable-construction-at-eden http://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/about-us/our-funding http://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/behind-the-scenes/cutting-energy-and-carbon-at-eden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Project Books: The Vertical Farm - Dickson Despommier - http://www.amazon.com/The-Vertical-Farm-Feeding-Century/dp/0312610696 Vertical Farming - Gilbert Ellis Bailey - http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71044#page/3/mode/1up Music: Main theme - ‘View From Above’ (Used with permission) and written/produced by the incredibly talented Koan Sound - https://soundcloud.com/koan-sound