With over half of the
world’s 7 billion people
residing in urban settings, food consumption and waste has reached an
all-time high. And while the accelerated rate at which the population
continues to grow is alarming, the more troublesome fact remains our
misuse of resources. Essentially, less is being grown resourcefully,
while more is being consumed.
Vertical farm owner, James Cannon, highlights the extent to which urban dwellings have contributed to the current consumption issues by explaining:
If cities produced just ten percent of the ground crops they
currently consume, by employing sustainable indoor vertical farms and
greenhouses to do so, then nearly half of the damaged portion of the
Brazilian rainforest could theoretically be restored (340,000 square
miles worth) and a significant amount of carbon would be sequestered as
the result.
By just producing 10% of what they consume, cities could amazingly eliminate a huge portion of their carbon footprint...
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