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Radio Norfolk,3 mins

Could vertical farming help feed the world?

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A new method of growing food could "feed the world without trashing the planet at the same time”. Vertical farming, the practice of growing crops in stacked layers, is being used in Norfolk. Maria Veronese went the world’s largest automated vertical farm in Easton. Photo credit: Shaun Whitmore / BBC

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