The way that the article is phrased as food/area hints at where/why vertical farming could be a benefit. It seems unlikely that in the near future vertical farm

The way that the article is phrased as food/area hints at where/why vertical farming could be a benefit. It seems unlikely that in the near future vertical farming will overtake traditional farming methods where land is plentiful. Indeed, the costs of the food being grown are still 5x higher. But where land/transportation costs are the most prohibitive for food this could potentially be viable.