Indoor farms

[huiray]

Growth of large indoor farms in Chicago:

http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-suburb-indoor-farm-goes-062525036.html

http://farmedhere.com/

http://chicago.cityandpress.com/node/6061056

http://article.wn.com/view/2013/03/28/Mega_Indoor_Vertical_Farm_Chicago_Suburb_New_Home_To_Nations/#/related_news

http://www.chicagotalks.org/2011/01/04/growing-up-vertical-farming-takes-root-in-chicago/

An article that includes such farming elsewhere including in Brooklyn, NY (Gotham Greens) ;-) :

http://www.terraspheresystems.com/index.php/news-media/19-news-news/41-urban-farming-20-no-soil-no-sun

[maydd]

Bold. Cities are often built on the most fertile land, and just looking at the explosion of greenery here in Toronto every spring, surely some of that potential could be harnessed in the growing of crops. The Achilles heel seems to be energy requirements, but how much energy gets radiated from the sewage system every day? Also, it appears a little bit labour-intensive, but many of the menial tasks could be automated with a Raspberry Pi or Arduino, something like GardenBot. I hope to see this go from strength to strength.