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Vertical farming

As our cities grow and our land is swallowed up by real estate, farmers are turning to other, more sustainable ways to produce veges and fruit.

In our biggest city, the idea of vertical farming has taken hold. Growing produce in high-rises, warehouses or shipping containers could solve the problem.

Mixing city and farm is popular overseas where demand in fresh, local goods expands as farmland shrinks.

Simon Morton speaks to Henry Gordon-Smith, founder and managing director of Agritecture Consulting.

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Henry Gordon-Smith Founder of Agritecture speaks about vertical farming at AusVeg Conference 2017 in Adelaide, Australia.

Henry Gordon Smith poses in front of a vertical farming system at the Agri ME Conference in Dubai, UAE.

Plantcube domestic vertical farming system for your kitchen by Agrilution.

Kimbal Musk visits Square Roots Urban Growers soon after Agritecture helped them set up Season 1 of the urban agriculture accelerator.

Ryan Hooks CEO of Huxley demos AR Plantvision for indoor farming.

Farm One Manhattan's first commercial vertical farm grows over 200 varieties of rare herbs flowers and greens.

A worker carries greens at Sky Vegetables rooftop hydroponic greenhouse in Bronx, NY.

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