greenhouses http://www.npr.org greenhouses en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif greenhouses http://www.npr.org Vertical 'Pinkhouses:' The Future Of Urban Farming? Architects have come up with spectacular concepts for vertical farms that would grow crops in city skyscrapers. But many horticulturists think the future of vertical farming isn't in skyscrapers, but rather in large, indoor warehouses lit up magenta by superefficient LEDs. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/21/185758529/vertical-pinkhouses-the-future-of-urban-farming?ft=1&f=166180620 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/21/185758529/vertical-pinkhouses-the-future-of-urban-farming?ft=1&f=166180620 Architects have come up with spectacular concepts for vertical farms that would grow crops in city skyscrapers. But many horticulturists think the future of vertical farming isn't in skyscrapers, but rather in large, indoor warehouses lit up magenta by superefficient LEDs.

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]]> Tastier Winter Tomatoes, Thanks To A Boom In Greenhouse Growing Just because it's cold doesn't mean we should have to give up delicious tomatoes. The "buy-local" movement has spurred a boom in greenhouse grown winter tomatoes in cold climates from Jackson Hole, Wyo., to Madison, Maine. And it uses less water and less land than conventional methods. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:42:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/29/166154083/tastier-winter-tomatoes-thanks-to-a-boom-in-greenhouse-growing?ft=1&f=166180620 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/11/29/166154083/tastier-winter-tomatoes-thanks-to-a-boom-in-greenhouse-growing?ft=1&f=166180620 Just because it's cold doesn't mean we should have to give up delicious tomatoes. The "buy-local" movement has spurred a boom in greenhouse grown winter tomatoes in cold climates from Jackson Hole, Wyo., to Madison, Maine. And it uses less water and less land than conventional methods.

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