Where Does Your Lettuce Come From?

A new kind of farm is the first step to abundant “digital” food

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Colorado is running short on water, so they are figuring out how to grow food with less water. How? With vertical farms, where the food is grown indoors in a controlled environment, inputs are reduced, and energy provides light and warmth.

Such farms are a significant step toward the abundant synthetic food coming to …