Green agriculture' means traditional farming that grows plants in soil.

“绿色农业”指在土壤中种植农作物的传统农业。

Sadly, as climate change gets worse, traditional farming is going to have to adapt.

可悲的是，随着气候变化的恶化，传统农业将不得不适应。

It takes up less land area than traditional farming, but it can be expensive to get started.

与传统农业相比，它占用的土地更少，但初期费用昂贵。

However, it is yet unknown if the method is an environmental or financial improvement to traditional farming.

然而，尚不清楚这种方法是否环保或能给传统农业带来经济改善。

Vertical farming uses less water than traditional farming, but it relies on artificial light and a lot or electricity.

垂直农业比传统农业使用更少的水，但它依赖人造光和大量的电力。

In addition to newer technology, factory farms produce more products for less money than traditional farming would require.

除了更新的技术，工厂化农场生产的产品比传统农业所需的成本更低。

It can produce 10 times more crops than traditional farming methods and even controls the amount of water and nutrients each plant gets.

它比可以产出传统种植方式10倍的农作物，并且可以控制对每棵植物喷洒水和肥料的量。

In fact, vertical farming saves 80-95% of the water used in traditional outdoor farming, by using computer controlled mist and slow drip systems.

事实上，垂直种植与传统的露天种植相比节省了 80—95% 的水，方法是利用由电脑控制的喷雾和滴灌系统。

This was during a period known as the Industrial Revolution, when jobs started shifting away from traditional farming and agricultural work and towards jobs in large factories.

这是被称为工业革命的时期，当时开始从传统的耕作和农业工作转移到大型工厂工作。

But while controlled environments can help avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional farming, like water pollution caused by pesticide runoff, the process can be quite energy intensive.

但是，虽然受控环境可以帮助避免传统农业的一些缺陷，比如农药流失造成的水污染，但这个过程可能非常耗能。