Why urban farming is changing the future of agriculture

Jan 19, 2018

Tuscan Kale is seen growing under LED lights inside a hydroponic climate controlled farm, one of 10 repurposed 320-square-foot metal shipping containers where entrepreneur farmers enrolled in the "Square Roots" farming program are growing and selling a variety of greens in the parking lot of a former Pfizer factory in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City, U.S. on May 5, 2017. Picture taken May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Agriculture could be preserved through integrating farming into our urban lifestyle. Image: REUTERS/Mike Segar

Patrick Caughill

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