Adaptive reuse of existing buildings for agriculture: Plant Chicago – vertical farming and industrial reuse.
Start With a Vision (from www.plantchicago.com)
The Plant: System-Based Thinking (from www.plantchicago.com)
Take a quick look at their philosophy in 2 minutes.
Don’t think we’d have any 40-story buildings, but what if we used less and converted … i don’t know … some of our numerous self-storage facilities to vertical farms?
SelfStorage.com
Self storage buildings may be an eyesore, but as long as there’s demand for them, they’ll be in Montgomery. This is a beautiful concept; the idea of sustainability is important for all businesses. I imagine some of the self storage buildings in Montgomery could be used for vertical farming, at least to some degree.