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Inside The Meatpacking Plant Being Turned Into An Enormous Vertical Farm

The Plant–an old factory in Chicago–is slowly being turned into a model for urban farming, complete with aquaponics, tilapia, and even (hopefully), a brewery. We took a trip inside to see how the work was coming.

Inside The Meatpacking Plant Being Turned Into An Enormous Vertical Farm

8 Future Farms To Change How We Grow Food

A Meatpacking Plant Transformed Into A Vertical Farm

See these amazing photos of “The Plant,” which now houses a cabinet of wonders for sustainability, including hydroponic farms, indoor fish farms, and a mushroom garden. Once complete, the entire building will produce lots of food–but no waste.

A Meatpacking Plant Transformed Into A Vertical Farm

Impact

There’s now a chatbot to give refugees instant legal aid

Apple just bought the first-ever batch of carbon-free aluminum

This T-shirt uses your body heat to generate electricity

Creativity

One horny Netflix tweet and we’ve officially hit peak Brand Twitter

How a bonkers horror indie about a murderous red dress became a clever satire of consumerism

Netflix’s ‘Astronomy Club’ is an A+ sketch show skewering Hollywood’s “C+” on race

Co.Design

Americans are moving less and less—and it could dramatically reshape society

This is the world’s most satisfying, or infuriating, clock

This indigenous design is being returned after a century away

Work Life

How to get skeptical employees to try group meditation

How to address an issue without saying ‘I’m sorry’

You received a salary counteroffer. Now what?