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Andy[_2_]

Arri London said...

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>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:39:03 -0600, Arri London >
>> wrote:
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>> >Andy wrote:
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>> >> Arri London said...
>> >>
>> >> > Lots of buildings in NYC are 'set back' or stepped to provide more
>> >> > sunlight to more floors. The building frames wouldn't need to have
>> >> > that much floor 'acreage' to work. Think more like terraced
>> >> > hillsides, although the terracing isn't really about supplying
>> >> > more light.
>> >> >
>> >> > Still very expensive to get going.
>> >>
>> >> Arri,
>> >>
>> >> OK, so if you constructed a Vertical Farm at Bryant Park, Midtown
>> >> Manhattan, NYC, shadowed by the American Radiator Building (prior
>> >> offices of the "Chuckle of the Day"), you'd still be blocked by the
>> >> sun!
>> >>
>> >> Whatcha gonna grow? ))
>> >
>> >
>> >Shade-grown coffee of course. One has the altitude and the shade
>> >>
>> >> <Chuckle>
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >> CotD #2
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>> But not the soil and water and the happy plants. NYC is out of the
>> range, so sorry. Coffee needs the sun a lot of the year! Just my
>> $.02.
>>
>> aloha,
>> beans
>> roast beans to kona to email
>> farmers of Pure Kona
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> People grow coffee in all sorts of places that don't have that much sun.
> Soil and water aren't a problem for rooftop gardens. Sun can be
> reflected from all sorts of places and artificial light to fill in the
> gaps. It's called shade-grown for a reason

beans,

I'd love to visit and have breakfast in HI, and your coffee of the big
island!

Best,

Andy