<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Mixed - use skyscrapers were proposed and built by architect Ken Yeang . Yeang proposes that instead of hermetically sealed mass - produced agriculture, plant life should be cultivated within open air, mixed - use skyscrapers for climate control and consumption . This version of vertical farming is based upon personal or community use rather than the wholesale production and distribution that aspires to feed an entire city . It thus requires less of an initial investment than Despommier's "vertical farm". However, neither Despommier nor Yeang are the conceptual originators, nor is Yeang the inventor of vertical farming in skyscrapers . </P> <P> Ecologist Dickson Despommier argues that vertical farming is legitimate for environmental reasons . He claims that the cultivation of plant life within skyscrapers will require less embodied energy and produce less pollution than some methods of producing plant life on natural landscapes . He moreover claims that natural landscapes are too toxic for natural agricultural production, despite the ecological and environmental costs of extracting materials to build skyscrapers for the simple purpose of agricultural production . </P>

How does vertical farming alleviate the challenges of pollution and climate change