Adam Stein once wrote dismissively of vertical farming,: about "the notion of spending "hundreds of millions" of dollars to build weird, poorly sited temples of food production in areas much better suited to dense, green residential and retail space.... Local food has its merits, but that's what New Jersey is for."

I wonder what he would think of Dr. Dickson Despommier's collaboration with Architects Weber Thompson to build the Newark Vertical Farm- in New Jersey....Read the full story on TreeHugger