Progressives and urbanists need to move beyond their romance with central planning and get over their distaste for business and developers. Conservatives need to take their own ideas about economics more seriously and stop seeing all proposals for change through a lens of paranoia and resentment. Lastly, politicians of both parties who like to complain about “regulation” and “red tape” ought to spend some time looking at the specific area of the economy where red tape and regulation are most prevalent.
The city of Linköping in Sweden, is constructing a 17-story “vertical greenhouse” set for completion by the end of 2013. There are many bells and whistles within the design, made by Plantagon with a “transportation helix”, and taking advantage of “spillage heat”. Construction costs are not discussed but would prove to be an interesting conversation compared to other industrial farming, but for further info on the history of please visit vertical farm project.