Your Own Personal Vertical Farm from Philips
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 11. 4.09
We love vertical farms on TreeHugger, but some question whether they make any sense. But perhaps if they were downsized and brought into our homes they might be just what we need. "This Biophere home farm contains fish, crustaceans, algae, plants and other mini-ecosystems, all interdependent and in balance with each other."
Clive van Heerden, Senior Director of design-led innovation at Philips Design says in a press release:
"People are increasingly concerned about how their food has been manipulated and processed, genetic modification, global shortages, environmental degradation through monoculture, the distance food travels before reaching their plates and many other related issues," says van Heerden. "One way of addressing such legitimate concerns is to source the food yourself by having a biosphere in your living room."
Via Inhabitat and Designboom
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