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  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, 701 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Dr. Dickson Despommier

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  2. University of North Texas Dept. Philosophy & Religion Studies, Denton, Texas, USA

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Despommier, D. (2014). Vertical Farms in Horticulture. In: Thompson, P., Kaplan, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_88-3

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