Underground Farm Pays Rent in Heat it Supplies to Building Above

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By Lorraine ChowDec 8, 2017, 4:37 pm179 pts
Vertical farms have been touted as a way to feed a rapidly urbanizing world population (I've waxed poetic about them myself.) Critics of the trending technology, however, contend that these energy-intensive hubs are too costly and perhaps impractical to maintain. Sure, the naysayers have a point, but what if…

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