It's been awhile since I read this book, but seeing it pop up on my Goodreads, I wanted to warn other people away from wasting their time with this one. I borrowed this as an audiobook from our library, and there wasn't a whole lot of substance here other than the author's strange obsession with using agricultural waste to feed incinerators for electrical power. For a book purporting to have a "green" bent, ignoring the human health implications of incinerators and the much cheaper solution of composting makes me think the author is more interested in techno-solutionism than actual best practices.
If you're actually interested in vertical farming, your time would be better spent listening to select episodes of the Farm to Taber. I'm sure there's a good book on the subject out there, but this isn't it.
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Navarre rated The soul of an octopus: 5 stars
The soul of an octopus by Sy Montgomery
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Navarre rated Repair Revolution: 5 stars
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Navarre rated The Red Threads of Fortune: 5 stars
The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
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Navarre rated Cradle to Cradle: 5 stars
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Navarre rated Wyrd Sisters: 4 stars
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
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Navarre rated Iron Widow: 5 stars
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
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