farmscraper

Noun

farmscraper (plural farmscrapers)

1. A high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock.
   • He says that a 30 storey farmscraper could provide fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry – and clean water – for 50,000 people.2010, Dr. Paul Parsons, Science 1001
   • If, for instance, you support the concept of vertical farming, raising food in high-rises, you need to demonstarate that the calories of energy yielded by your harvests will exceed the energy input required for building or retrofitting your farmscraper, and for raising the necessary water, soil...2011, Thomas Christopher, The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening