S2 Ep 3 - Urban Farmers
Xploration Earth 2050
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22m
In the future farms are moving from the countryside into the city, and they’re going straight up. Welcome to the vertical farm. Join host Chuck Pell as he eats a salad grown on the rooftop of a Boston high-rise. And the world’s busiest airport is also home to a bee colony that produces pounds honey every year.
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