Imagine a world where every city has its own local food source grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature’s grocery store-imagine the world of the vertical farm. When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America’s food, water, and energy crises, he didn’t just think big-he thought up. In this groundbreaking book, he explains how the vertical farm will have an incredible impact on changing the face of this planet for generations.