farmscraper

English

Etymology

From farm +‎ -scraper.

Noun

farmscraper (plural farmscrapers)

1. A high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock.
   • 2010, Dr. Paul Parsons, Science 1001:

     He says that a 30 storey farmscraper could provide fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry – and clean water – for 50,000 people.

   • 2011, Thomas Christopher, The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening:

     If, for instance, you support the concept of vertical farming, raising food in high-rises, you need to demonstarate that the calories of energy yielded by your harvests will exceed the energy input required for building or retrofitting your farmscraper, and for raising the necessary water, soil, fertilizer, animal foods, and machinery to the height of your high-rise fields.

   • 2015, C.J. Cronin, Assassination:

     So during the day the air below the cloth heats up and rises through the chimney and drives rotor blades inside and also helps rotate the farmscraper gardens.