Canada: Proposal takes urban farming to new heights
Converting these office towers to apartments and condos to urban farm
By Bruce Dyck
The Western Producer
Nov 4, 2021
Excerpt:
Modern Office of Design and Architecture has proposed converting some of these skyscrapers so that they can accommodate an intriguing blend of indoor farming and data centres.
The data centres, which are basically massive networks of computer systems, would create a lot of heat. This would be used to grow plants in up to 70 percent of the buildings.
Not only would this make these buildings sustainable and carbon friendly, but the food that is produced could feed all those residents that are being enticed to move downtown and live in some of the other empty office buildings.
The server farms and agricultural operations would also create jobs for some of the new residents.
Such a proposal, if it came to fruition, could indeed take urban farming to new heights.
