In the Swedish city of Linkoping has completed construction of the world's first "vertical green house", the skyscraper that is designed for growing plants.

It is expected that by 2050 the world population will increase to 9.6 billion people, with about 66% will live in urban areas. These forecasts leave a lot of questions about how the city will be able to feed all its inhabitants.

Swedish food company called Plantagon proposes that the city considered the possibility of building the kind of office towers that include a giant indoor farm. Plantagon is building its first such farm in the Swedish linköping.

Tower will work on the technology of hydroponics, i.e. vegetables (mostly greens) will grow without soil in nutrient-rich water solution. According to the CEO of Plantagon Hans Hassle, farm will be mostly automated. Using systems vozduhoudalenija and natural ventilation will be created in the environmental area, where clean water and air, as well as the complete absence of fertilizers will allow to grow high-quality harvest in the heart of the metropolis.

The building cost $40 million began in 2012, and it will be open by the beginning of 2020, it is Planned that it will take several harvests annually.

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