Future-farming experts Metropolis Farms have opened what they claim to be the world's first solar powered, indoor vertical farm in the heart of Philadelphia. Although the City of Brotherly Love currently hosts only about eight acres of urban farming due to lack of traditional agricultural land, Metropolis Farms seeks to take advantage of the urban jungle to provide a new model for local agriculture in the city. In its latest undertaking, Metropolis Farms has installed a 500 kilowatt solar array composed...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-solar-powered-indoor-vertical-farm-sprouts-in-philadelphia
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