You get different pictures depending on what numbers you're squinting at. Staring at luxury produce like asparagus might lead one to believe the industry has a

You get different pictures depending on what numbers you're squinting at. Staring at luxury produce like asparagus might lead one to believe the industry has a point. Turn your attention to cereals and grains and literally nothing the industry says makes sense. A quick examination of what percentage of the world population considers asparagus a dietary staple, and the delta in acreage utilization between say asparagus and soybeans makes industry claims that vertical farming has anything relevant to add to the current slow burning agricultural crisis seem ludicrious at current global population numbers.