So how, exactly, could we build a vertical farm?

那么，我们该如何正确地建造一座垂直农场呢？

Vertical farms could drastically improve this situation, and would also create more jobs in the area.

垂直农场可以大大改善这种情况，也将为该地区创造更多就业岗位。

Five years later, there were more than 190 vertical farms in Japan.

五年以后，日本将有超过 190 个垂直农场。

Companies have started building vertical farms in existing urban spaces, such as abandoned warehouses and factories.

公司已经开始在现有的城市空间中建造垂直农场，比如废弃的仓库和工厂。

Soon we'll start seeing vertical farms in many more urban areas.

我们很快就将在更多城区里见到垂直农场。

And here's what would happen if we built vertical farms.

我们一起来看看，如果建立垂直农场将会怎样。

Some growers are promoting vertical and underground farms as relatively new ways to cultivate crops without taking up much space.

一些种植者正在推广垂直农场和地下农场，他们认为这是一种较新的种植方式，不需要占用太多土地。

The vertical farms can turn cities' excess heat and waste into vital assets for local food production.

垂直农场可以将城市里的余热和垃圾变为当地粮食生产必不可少的资源。

Vertical farms–you know, urban farms moving in.

垂直农场——你知道，城市农场正在进驻。

But in order for vertical farms to succeed, they will need the backing of consumers.

然而，为了垂直农场发展顺利，他们需要消费者的支持。

Using the power of AI, companies such as Belgium's Urban Crop Solutions are creating climate-controlled vertical farms up to 24 levels high.

借助人工智能算法，像比利时“城市作物解决方案”这样的公司正在建造带有气温控制的垂直农场，高达 24 层。

Vertical farms have proven to be invaluable after natural disasters, such as the destruction of the nuclear power plant at Fukushima in Japan in 2011.

自然灾害发生后，垂直农场更显重要，比如 2011 年日本福岛核电站爆炸一事。

Plus, vertical farms don't require pesticides, since they are contained indoors and are high up off the ground where many insects thrive.

另外，垂直农场不需要农药，因为它们是长在室内的，并且高高远离昆虫生长的地面。

There are other vertical smart farms in South Korea.

韩国还有其他垂直智能农场。

In indoor vertical farms, natural sunlight is replaced with artificial lighting like LEDs.

在室内垂直农场中，自然阳光被 LED 等人工照明所取代。

Eventually it can be grown like those crops inside vertical farms in decentralized facilities that aren't vulnerable to supply-chain disruptions.

最终，它可以像垂直农场内的那些作物一样在分散设施中种植，这些设施不易受到供应链中断的影响。

It is also one of the largest indoor vertical farms in the world, with a total area of 2,300 square meters.

它也是世界上最大的室内垂直农场之一，总面积达2300平方米。

With the ability to control the lighting, moisture levels and nutrients for each type of crop by using computers, plants grow much faster in a vertical farm.

由于通过电脑可以控制光的照射，空气湿度和每种作物所需的营养，植物在垂直农场里生长得更快。

I investigated new ideas, like robotics and CRISPR and vertical farms. And old ideas, like edible insects and permaculture and ancient plants.

我研究了新的想法， 比如机器人技术、CRISPR 和垂直农场。 还有古老的想法，比如可食用的昆虫、永续农业和古老的植物。

Cindy van Rijswick, from the Dutch research firm RaboResearch, has estimated that operational costs for a vertical farm are around 15% higher now compared to 18 months ago.

荷兰研究公司 RaboResearch 的辛迪·范·瑞斯维克估计，与 18 个月前相比，垂直农场的运营成本现在高出了 15% 左右。