Urban farming flourishes in New York
US startup Square Roots has been training 10 recruits since November to grow greens and herbs without soil indoors
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THE urban farm craze is finding fertile ground in New York, where 10 young entrepreneurs are learning to grow greens and herbs without soil, bathed in an indoor, psychedelic light.
In a "hothouse" of invention in a Brooklyn car park, each farms a container, growing plants and vying for local clients in the heady atmosphere of a startup, fighting against industrially grown food, shipped over thousands of miles.
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