Plantagon: A Massive Geodesic Dome Farm for the Future

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Plantagon hopes to have its first vertical farm up and running within three years.

No word on how exactly the Plantagon system works, but the company says that consulting engineering firm <a href="http://www.sweco.se/sv/Sweden/">Sweco</a> has helped untangle the technical kinks of the project.

This is due to the efficiency and productivity of the Plantagon® greenhouse which makes it economically possible to finance each greenhouse from its own sales."

It allows us to produce ecological [resources] with clean air and water inside urban environments, even major cities, cutting costs and environmental damage by eliminating transportation and deliver directly to consumers.

According to <a href="http://plantagonblog.com">Plantagon</a>, the farm "will dramatically change the way we produce organic and functional food.

Lots of cities have farmers markets, but most -- if not all -- of the produce comes from rural farmers that use oil-intensive methods of transportation to cart around their food. With <b>80%</b> of all people on the planet projected to live in cities by <b>2050</b>, food production will have to move into cities if it is to remain cost-efficient. A Swedish-American company called <a href="http://plantagonblog.com">Plantagon</a> has conceived of an incredible solution: a massive urban greenhouse contained within a geodesic dome. The <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/18/dragonfly-urban-agriculture-concept-for-ny/">vertical farm</a>, which consists of a spiral ramp inside a spherical dome, is currently in the development stages.