3D printing houses with dirt, green walls and various crops built-inhttps://www.fastcompany.com/90780034/bioconstruction-will-build-homes-out-of-flowering-3d-printed-dirtSingapore skyscraper, Capita Spring, with a food forest on top and gardens throughouthttps://big.dk/#projects-singhttps://inhabitat.com/this-is-how-singapore-does-vertical-biophilic-urbanism/Reducing energy in Controlled Environment Agriculture [CEA]https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/10/18/5-organizations-trying-to-solve-ceas-energy-problemsEditorial Comment: These are the only CEA operations I know of which designed energy efficiency into their systems from the beginning:Net zero vertical farm in Chicagohttp://inhabitat.com/food-waste-fuels-vertical-farming-in-chicago/InFarm for supermarkets who want to grow their own foodhttps://www.fastcompany.com/3058155/at-this-supermarket-the-produce-section-grows-its-own-produceCO2 to boost plant growth in rooftop farminghttps://interestingengineering.com/innovation/co2-boost-plant-growth-on-roofhttps://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/15/rooftop-garden-buhat tip to Nathan PhillipsBBC on carbon farminghttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211020-carbon-farming-a-better-use-for-half-earths-landBBC with Corteva, an agriscience company with roots in the DuPont companies, has produced three editions of eight half hour programs and three specials since 2021https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/Growing wheat indoors and without soilhttps://agfundernews.com/infarms-indoor-wheat-suggests-we-re-examine-the-realities-of-vertically-farmed-commoditiesCutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter of foodhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/netherlands-agriculture-technology/Editorial Comment: If you can’t get past the Washington Post paywall, copy the address into https://archive.phForest stadium for Milan, Italy (a design concept but not an actual project)https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/san-siro-an-international-forest-stadium-for-milano/https://inhabitat.com/stefano-boeri-architetti-designs-a-forest-stadium-in-milan/How Tunisia’s lagoon farms use saltwater from the Mediterranean Seahttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1387222141790782hat tip to Monica RaymondBBC asks “What if all our food was grown in indoor vertical farms?" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230106-what-if-all-our-food-was-grown-in-indoor-vertical-farmsHow to make vegetables last longerhttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230118-how-to-make-fruit-and-vegetables-last-longer

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2023 03:50 UTC