> Critics also note that many staple crops such as wheat, rice, and corn remain difficult and economically impractical to grow vertically at scale. For now, vertical farming is best suited to leafy greens, herbs, microgreens, strawberries, medicinal plants, and specialty crops with high nutritional or economic value.
Among other massively downplayed disclaimers.
Or look at her top-of-article photo. If it took just the visible infrastructure (building, shelves, lights) to grow food for at-scale human consumption, could we afford to keep more than 1 or 2 percent of the earth's current population alive?