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boardwaalk on Jan 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants...

I believe greenhouses and vertical farming are orthogonal. IOW, you can have a vertical farm inside a greenhouse, or a "horizontal" farm inside warehouse with grow lights.

taurath on Jan 21, 2021 | [–]

What a good example of a literal use of the term orthogonal

NewJazz on Jan 21, 2021 | [–]

I also think that the point about natural lighting with supplemental artificial lighting shows that these things are gradients.

E.g. Is a grape vine a vertical farm?

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