1. Former Meat Plant Goes Veggie
Alex Poltorak prepares a hydroponic food-growing system for the rooftop of "The Plant." A former meatpacking facility in Chicago, The Plant is being deconstructed and transformed into a net-zero-energy vertical farm. Its roof is the site of Poltorak's first gig; his business, Urban Canopy, turns city roofs into farms. Poltorak wants to shorten the distance food travels "from farm to fork," he says, "in addition to utilizing idle rooftops, creating local jobs to manage these rooftop farms, and providing more sustainably grown produce for local communities." --Lily Hicks
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