Advantages of Vertical Farming
 | Year-round crop production; 1 indoor acre is equivalent to 4-6 outdoor acres or more, depending upon the crop (e.g., strawberries: 1 indoor acre = 30 outdoor acres) |
| No weather-related crop failures due to droughts, floods, pests |
| All VF food is grown organically: no herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers |
| VF virtually eliminates agricultural runoff by recycling black water |
| VF returns farmland to nature, restoring ecosystem functions and services |
| VF greatly reduces the incidence of many infectious diseases that are acquired at the agricultural interface |
| VF converts black and gray water into potable water by collecting the water of evapotranspiration |
| VF adds energy back to the grid via methane generation from composting non-edible parts of plants and animals |
| VF dramatically reduces fossil fuel use (no tractors, plows, shipping.) |
| VF converts abandoned urban properties into food production centers |
| VF creates sustainable environments for urban centers |
| VF creates new employment opportunities |
| We cannot go to the moon, Mars, or beyond without first learning to farm indoors on earth |
| VF may prove to be useful for integrating into refugee camps |
| VF offers the promise of measurable economic improvement for tropical and subtropical LDCs. If this should prove to be the case, then VF may be a catalyst in helping to reduce or even reverse the population growth of LDCs as they adopt urban agriculture as a strategy for sustainable food production. |
| VF could reduce the incidence of armed conflict over natural resources, such as water and land for agriculture |
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