Technology Quarterly | Green castles in the sky
Vertical farms are growing more and more vegetables in urban areas
They don’t need soil or sunlight
THE BEST basil in the world is grown in a small village on the Ligurian coast just west of Genoa. Picked at the height of ripeness, after just the right number of sunny days and temperate nights, the delicate basil is perfect in the pesto for which Liguria is justly famed.
This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “Green castles in the sky”
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