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Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by ac29 on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:20PM (#25421089)
I came here to dispute this, but when I looked it up, it appears to be true, at least in the US, where irrigated farms produce only 39% of farm products (in $). That being said, its still a nontrivial percentage, and irrigation for agriculture accounts for 80% of the nations water consumption.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2017/june/understanding...

Re:Europe's Biggest Vertical Farm Will Be Powered by Wind an... by bryanlarsen on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:46PM (#25423806)
The disparity would be much larger per calorie rather than per $. Staple foods tend not to be irrigated.