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Innovation_VerticalFarming_071005[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Farms of the Future? </b></FONT><p><br>Though initial prototypes for vertical farms would likely rise two or three stories at most, Columbia University researcher and vertical farm champion Dickson Despommier eventually imagines industrial-looking, transparent and square buildings rising up to 30 stories within urban settings. A number of international designers and architects have gone even further with their concepts (like this idea from Paris-based Pierre Sartoux), taking the basic idea of a vertical farm in a range of imaginative new directions.<p><P ALIGN=RIGHT><i>-- Bryn Nelson</i>";

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Innovation_VerticalFarming_071005[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Vertical &#147;Commune&#148;</b></FONT><p>Designed by Waimond Ip, this vertical farm of the future would include a &#147;commune&#148; of buildings housing a school and pre-fabricated accommodations as well as growing areas and energy-producing wind turbines arranged along a tower.";

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Innovation_VerticalFarming_071005[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Cylindrical Tower</b></FONT><p>Designed by Chris Jacobs, cylindrical towers outfitted with rooftop solar panels could be built as one unit or grouped in clusters to maximize food output. <br>";

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Innovation_VerticalFarming_071005[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Sky Farm</b></FONT><p>Designed by Gordon Graff, this concept of a vertical farm for downtown Toronto features 58 angled floors and 8 million square feet of growing space.<br>";

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Innovation_VerticalFarming_071005[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Living Tower</b></FONT><p>&#147;The Living Tower,&#148; designed by Paris-based architect Pierre Sartoux, features ramped floors and electricity-producing wind turbines on the roof.<br>";

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Innovation_VerticalFarming_071005[i-1].body = "<br><FONT SIZE=3 color=#CC0000><b>Agro-Wanus</b></FONT><p>Designed by Andrew Kranis of Columbia University&#146;s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the futuristic helical Agro-Wanus vertical farm would be located within a reclaimed salt marsh in Brooklyn&#146;s Gowanus Canal area.";

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