Farming up the city: The rise of urban vertical farms

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 388-389

  Despommier, Dickson ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BASIL; CITY; CRUSTACEA; DOMESTIC FOWL; FARMING SYSTEM; FISH; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; KALE; LETTUCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINACH;

AGRICULTURE; CITIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84879264899     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.03.008     Document Type: Note

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