‚Alle Sorge ist Sorge um das Gehäuse': Ko-Immunität, Vertical Farming und die Technopolitik geschlossener Umwelten

Abstract

This article investigates the techno-politics of vertical farming in the field of food security. Drawing on the works of Peter Sloterdijk, the article understands the Vertical Farm as a technology of ecological care that aims to contain the environmental side effects of agriculture while further increasing food production. Instead of growing food outdoor in the field, technologies such as hydroponics or LED lighting are being used to create artificial ecosystems in closed environments and integrate them into the urban spaces. The paper argues that the logic of ecological care enshrined in the Vertical Farm follows a logic of co-immunization by drawing a strong boundary between crop production spaces and the environment, thus preventing uncontrolled material flows between them.