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About This File
In 50 years, the human population will increase to 8.3 billion, of which almost two-thirds will be living in cities. There is not enough farmland to feed all these people. In addition, the current agricultural system has led to a significant loss of biodiversity and disruption of ecosystems. Millions of hectares of forests, grasslands and wetlands have been sacrificed to be converted into farmland and the chemical deterrents used by farmers have contaminated the surrounding nature. New approaches to growing food must therefore be employed.
The future of agriculture is now!!
The "Vertical Farm", also known as sky farming or Sky Farms, is but one of many exciting new concepts being developed to help mankind meet our future needs while preserving the environment. Why build out... when you can build up?
Using available cutting-edge technologies, Sky Farms are the model of efficiency and self-sustainability. Depending on the type of crop, one acre within a Sky Farm can produce the same amount of product that was produced on 30-50 acres of traditional farmland. By locating Sky Farms directly within the urban environment (ie... where the consumers live), additional product transportation costs & related pollution are eliminated.
This initial release contains 4 growable RCI lots plus one ploppable landmark lot with IR jobs. Of the four growables, there is 1 CS$$$, 1 IHT, 1 IM and 1 IR lot. All four of the lots are 4x4 in size.
- All SkyFarm lots decrease local water pollution as part of their filtering process that treats local black water into gray water for irrigation.
- All SkyFarms are almost fully self-powered from use of solar collectors and/or wind turbines, and an internal fuel-pellet processor fueled by recycled plant & vegetable matter.
* All lots are included as separate files so you can easily remove any that you do not wish to use.
** This lot requires the PEG-SF Sky Farm Resource file
There are no other dependencies.
All Pegasus files are now legacy content and are no longer officially supported - however support from the wider community can be requested here.
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