Peri-Urban Horizontal Greenhouses

Urban Farm DB summary

A discussion piece noting that peri-urban farming, historically important in the United States, is now less prominent. It states that growing interest in local food production has focused attention on urban agriculture and vertical greenhouses, but that high land and energy costs, limited access to appropriately sized and shaped open space, and shading from surrounding tall buildings constrain urban agriculture options, and argues that peri-urban farming in traditional horizontal greenhouses can be a better alternative to vertical greenhouses.