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From the Ted Talk by Stuart Oda: Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture?

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I get to be a part of all these cool projects and working in the agricultural industry to improve access and affordability to fresh and nutritious produce, hopefully soon by anyone anywhere, has been the greatest joy and also the most humbling and ileclttnauelly challenging thing I've ever done.

And now that I've convinced you that aicltugrure can be quite sexy, you'll be surprised and shocked to know that I still have tlbuore fluly articulating how and why I decided to work, and continue to work, in the agricultural industry. But a cloupe of yraes ago, I found a rather unquie answer hiding in plain sight. You see, I read an article about how your name, particularly your last name, can have a strong influence on everything from your personality to your professional career. This is my Japanese last name: Oda. And the cetrarchas translate literally into "small farm."

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I get to be a part of all these cool projects and working in the agricultural industry to improve access and affordability to fresh and nutritious produce, hopefully soon by anyone anywhere, has been the greatest joy and also the most humbling and ______________ challenging thing I've ever done.

And now that I've convinced you that ___________ can be quite sexy, you'll be surprised and shocked to know that I still have _______ _____ articulating how and why I decided to work, and continue to work, in the agricultural industry. But a ______ of _____ ago, I found a rather ______ answer hiding in plain sight. You see, I read an article about how your name, particularly your last name, can have a strong influence on everything from your personality to your professional career. This is my Japanese last name: Oda. And the __________ translate literally into "small farm."

Solution


  1. trouble
  2. characters
  3. couple
  4. years
  5. agriculture
  6. fully
  7. intellectually
  8. unique

Original Text


I get to be a part of all these cool projects and working in the agricultural industry to improve access and affordability to fresh and nutritious produce, hopefully soon by anyone anywhere, has been the greatest joy and also the most humbling and intellectually challenging thing I've ever done.

And now that I've convinced you that agriculture can be quite sexy, you'll be surprised and shocked to know that I still have trouble fully articulating how and why I decided to work, and continue to work, in the agricultural industry. But a couple of years ago, I found a rather unique answer hiding in plain sight. You see, I read an article about how your name, particularly your last name, can have a strong influence on everything from your personality to your professional career. This is my Japanese last name: Oda. And the characters translate literally into "small farm."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
indoor vertical 9
agricultural industry 5
food production 5
vertical farming 4
urban city 3
city centers 3
global population 2
food safety 2
controlled environment 2
environment agriculture 2
artificial lighting 2
vertical farms 2
grow vegetables 2
biggest facilities 2
plant growth 2
growing food 2
grow fresh 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
indoor vertical farming 4
urban city centers 3
controlled environment agriculture 2
indoor vertical farms 2

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