Vertical Farming has been in and out of the news for a decade now. It used to be regarded as just another way to squeeze extra money out of wealthy hipsters looking for a cool new lifestyle product to tell their friends about. But massive cost reductions in renewable technology combined with some serious advances in technological efficiencies have brought vertical farming closer to the mainstream and now the big money is wading in to invest in these facilities in every major city around the world. ERRATA : Hi Folks – as many of you have pointed out, I made a mistake when I said that Ultraviolet lights are used in vertical farms. In fact, it is not ultraviolet light - that would burn the plant. It's a mix of red and blue light, which is the part of the light spectrum that the plant absorbs. My apologies for this error. Help support this channels independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Download the Just Have a Think App from the AppStore or Google Play Interested in mastering and remembering the concepts that I present in my videos? Check out the FREE DiveDeeper mini-courses offered by the Center for Behavior and Climate. These mini-courses teach the main concepts in select JHAT videos and go beyond to help you learn additional scientific or conservation concepts. The courses are great for teachers to use or for individual learning. https://climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: null Climate Adam: null Kurtis Baute: null Levi Hildebrand: null Simon Clark: null Sarah Karver: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: null Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ Research Links Met Office Food Insecurity Projection Chart https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/food-insecurity-index/ Growing Underground - London UK http://growing-underground.com/ Sky Greens - Singapore https://www.skygreens.com/about-skygreens/ Kalera - various US states https://kalera.com/ Aero Farms- New Jersey https://www.borntoengineer.com/new-jersey-host-worlds-largest-vertical-farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKGZp5ftpoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_tvJtUHnmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGcYApKfHuY Aero Farms - Danville, Virginia https://aerofarms.com/2019/12/11/aerofarms-announces-build-out-of-largest-farm-of-its-kind-in-the-world-in-danville-virginia/ Plenty - San Francisco https://www.intelligentliving.co/vertical-farm-out-produces-flat-farm/ https://www.plenty.ag/our-produce/ Local Root - Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1tBWDHcQs https://www.facebook.com/LocalRootsFarms/ Square Roots (Kimbal Musk) - New York & Michigan https://squarerootsgrow.com/ Bowery Farms - New York https://boweryfarming.com/ Badia Farms - Dubai, UAE https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/how-fruit-and-vegetables-grown-in-vertical-farms-could-soon-be-on-plates-in-water-scarce-countries-across-the-middle-east-1.745021 Nordic Harvest - Denmark https://www.zmescience.com/science/denmark-just-opened-a-huge-vertical-wind-farm-and-it-could-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come-globally/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Crrpo7Gpmk Sananbio - China https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Startups/Chinese-startup-gets-in-on-ground-floor-of-high-rise-farms https://www.sananbious.com/vertical-farming https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wgEZg1vTdRHiQqDjafc3w Stacked Farms - Australia https://www.businessinsider.com.au/stacked-farms-vertical-farm-2020-6 Shoots Microgreens - Wellington, New Zealand https://www.shoots.co.nz/ https://www.igrow.news/igrownews/new-zealand-vertical-farming-takes-off-in-former-wellington-nightclub Rodi Vertical Farm - Kenya https://vertical-farming.net/blog/2019/08/28/rodi-kenya-vertical-farming/ If you are a vertical farming company and you're not on the list of links above, my apologies - let me know at daveb@justhaveathink, and I'll add your details. Dr. Jonathan Foley Article https://globalecoguy.org/no-vertical-farms-wont-feed-the-world-5313e3e961c0 Green Biz Article https://www.greenbiz.com/article/vertical-farming-industry-growing-deeper-roots #verticalfarming #sustainablefoods #climateemergency