America's First Vegan-Certified Vertical Farm Leaps Into the Future of Agriculture

In this episode of "Sustain," we will learn how a former venture capitalist helped build Philadelphia's first vertical farm, Metropolis Farms. Metropolis Farms is currently building the world's first solar-powered vertical farm which will be 100 percent energy-efficient and a step towards reducing its carbon footprint. A rainwater recapturing system is also built in, something many around the world have been looking into, but it hadn't been done. This farm is expected to be already growing crops by late fall 2016. If everything goes according to plan and the initiative continues to get the support it has been fortunate to receive, Philadelphia is set to become the first vertical farm city in the world.

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