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垂直農耕：糧食生產新方向

Vertical Farming: Taking Food Production in a Different Direction

高科技室內垂農耕能拯救全世界嗎?

Can high-tech indoor farming towers save the world?

全世界人口來到空前龐大的數字；人類平均壽命也是空前的增長。

更多人口意味著更多都市暨工業用地的開發。

而隨著人口增多、農地減少，我們要如何餵飽所有人?

其中一個解決日益提升糧食需求的可能法就是垂直農耕，這種方法透過更有效率地使用空間，企圖將食物的生產量最大化。

在垂直農耕中，糧食不是以傳統的方式生長－水平生長在田野間。

反之，作物是一盤一盤垂直堆疊在一個塔狀結構中，而且通常是在既有的建築內。

這種方法不僅節省空間，所應用的CEA「環境控制農業」也讓垂直農耕比傳統農耕更加可靠。

以垂直農耕進行作時，耕種者經常都是在室內栽種植物，用CEA控制光照、溫度、濕度以及空氣成分。

如此一來，耕種者就不必擔心天氣的影響。

各種不同波長的光配合每一種植物的需求，給予精確光照以及光種。

室內農耕還能更加容易保護植物不受野草、害蟲和疾病的侵害。

人工智慧系統則會根據過往資料協助耕種者以最有效能之方式使用水、肥料及電力。

Our world has more people than ever before. We're also living longer on average than ever before. A bigger population means increased urban and

industrial land development. With more people but less farmland, how will we feed everyone?

One possible solution to our increasing food demands is vertical farming, a method which attempts to grow the greatest amount of food using space more efficiently.

In vertical farming, food doesn't grow in the traditional way - horizontally in fields. Instead, trays of plants are stacked vertically in a tower structure, often in existing buildings.

paddies

farmhouse

vertical垂直的

You need to draw a couple of vertical lines to separate the columns.

I would like vertical blinds on my living room windows.

vertically

Should I hang this mirror vertically or not?

stake（v.）堆疊

Alex stacked the dishes too high, and the entire pile fell over, breaking four plates.

Just stack your papers on the corner of my desk before you leave.

stake（n.）一疊

Mary took the clothes out of the dryer, folded them and carried the entire stack upstairs to put away.

（v.）+ in a different direction

Industrial land vs. farmland

How will we（＝humanity）feed everyone？

horizon vs. parallel

existing

farm out some of 人’s work

Usually when you farm out work, you give it to people or a group working outside of your office, shop or company.

Magazines may farm out articles to freelance writers to help with production.

Or the author farmed out the illustrations for her book to different artists.

farm out把工作包給外面的公司或專業人士完成

The writer farmed out some of his work.

Magazines often farm out articles to freelance journalists.雜誌社常把文章外包給自由撰稿人。

託人照顧（尤指自己的孩子）

Almost since birth, their baby has been farmed out to nannies and nurseries.

他們的孩子幾乎是一出生就交託給保姆和托兒所照顧。

This method doesn't merely save space; its use of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) also makes it more dependable than traditional farming.

When farming in this manner, people often grow plants indoors, using CEA technology to control the light, temperature, humidity and air composition. This way, they don't have to worry about the weather. Lights of various wavelengths are matched to each type of plant, giving the plants the precise amount and kind of light they need. Indoor farming also makes it easier to protect the plants from weeds, pests and disease. Artificial intelligence systems use past data to help growers use water, fertilizer and electricity at electricity at maximum efficiency.

fertilizer肥料

You can tell which farmers use fertilizer when you look at the fields of grain in this area.

Most people in my small town use organic fertilizers on their vegetable gardens.

fertilize灑肥料；施肥

This farmer fertilizes his fields every spring, so his harvests are plentiful.

efficiency效率；效能

Our office needs to raise its rate of efficiency or some people will be let go.

The car manufacturer prides itself on its factories' efficiency.

Harold decided he wanted to live alone, so he rented an efficiency apartment.

merely（adv.）只是，僅僅，不過

That was merely a guess of mine. 那只是我的一種猜測。

I wasn't complaining, I merely said that I was tired.

我不是抱怨，我只不過是說我累了。

I didn't say that you had to go - I merely suggested that you might want to go.

我不是說你必須去，我只是說你也許會想去。

The medicine won't cure her - it merely stops the pain.

這種藥物不會治癒她的疾病，不過是止痛而已。

in this manner

That's what it means when they're doing something like this or with this method or in this way.

You can say when setting the table in this manner for a formal setting, you use cloth napkins.

It is very convenient to play in this way.

用這種方式打球很方便。

Using multiple queues in this manner does not help if applications have affinities with a particular queue.

但是如果應用程序與某個特定隊列具有親和性，那么以這種方式使用多個隊列也沒有用。

on the same wavelength具有相同觀點, 相互理解

She and her mother are not on the same wavelength.

她和她的母親不具有相同的觀點, 相互不能互相協調, 互相理解。

The new general was not on the same wavelength as the other commanders.

新上任的將軍與其他指揮官們意見不合。

weed（v.）

I've been weeding (the vegetable garden).

我一直在（菜園子裡）除草。

weed（n.）雜草；野草[C]

The garden is full of weeds. 園子裡雜草叢生。

He is such a weed. 他真是個廢物。

on paved roads

road bike

mountain bike

decent bike

aluminum

carbon fiber

Your height and weight will determine the size of the bike frame you need. It's best to go to a bike shop and try out the bikes.

Someone + can’t do something to save his/ her life完全做不好；怎麽也做不了

I don’t think that I could grow a plant to save my life.

said to mean that you are extremely bad at doing something

I can't draw to save my life.

我完全不會畫畫。

She can't sing to save her life. [=she is a very bad singer]

a green thumb 精於園藝