Tractors; plaid; tans that look like t-shirts. Farming has never had the best public image when it comes to sleekness. But all of this might change with vertical farming—because what could possibly be more sleek or sexy than something called a "skyfarm"?

Vertical farms are based on a simple enough premise: grow crops upwards in metropolitan areas instead of out. But will they ever be anything more than a green dream?  Science in Seconds digs deeper.

_{Host: Brit Trogen}

_{Image credits: Vertical Farm Project}

_References: 

_{http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/farming-in-high-rises-raises-hopes-3705/}

_{http://www.america.gov/st/foraid-english/2008/July/20080630192325AKllennoCcM0.5946161.html}

_{http://www.verticalfarm.com/PDF/Science08Feb08.pdf}

_{http://nymag.com/news/features/30020/index3.html}