Giant high-tech rooftop greenhouse uses no soil

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Uses no soil? Now if only we could get rid of the plants and simply grow food!

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I wonder how much more this costs compared to traditional grown produce.
Very cool anyway.

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I suppose that depends on the produce as much as anything. The drought in CA caused whole fresh cauliflower to spike to $8 in Montreal for a time.

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This is one of the coolest, high-techiest hydroponic growing setups I’ve ever seen. Very impressive.

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At 1:06, the pipes look awful. There’s clearly a mold and algae problem and the pipes appear to be wearing out.

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