Samenvatting

Many agriculture problems remain nowadays concerning the future of humanity. The world population will increase more and more, and the fertile lands will decrease with the city’s expansions. Rural depopulation already began, and the carbon food print of the food is no longer an issue. Pollution is one of the main threats for the future and every sector has to participate in fighting against it. Therefore, the intensive utilization of chemicals through the past decades have polluted our soil, our air, and our water. Those problems are outdoor, which mean that indoor production could be a solution for solving those issues. Cities begin for the past few years to encourage urban agriculture inside the city. Vertical farming is using the hydroponic system. It is a production in a vertical way, off-groundcultivation, producing all over the year the same quantity and in a controlled environment. In Europe, the richer city is Paris and it is a city with a green wish. The paper dealing with this city and the concept of vertical farming, related to the customer’s thinking.