Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture | Stuart Oda

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.8 billion. How are we going to feed everyone? Investment-banker-turned-farmer Stuart Oda points to indoor vertical farming: growing food on tiered racks in a controlled, climate-proof environment. In a forward-looking talk, he explains how this method can maintain better safety standards, save money, use less water and hel