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Dickson Despommier

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  • Vertical farming
    vertical farming
    / History

    …vertical farming was introduced by Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental science. In 1999 Despommier and a group of his graduate students at Columbia University conceived of a multistory building that could yield more crops with less acreage than traditional farming methods. Despommier later

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    …vertical farming was introduced by Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental science. In 1999 Despommier and a group of his graduate students at Columbia University conceived of a multistory building that could yield more crops with less acreage than traditional farming methods. Despommier later

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