Welcome to the Frankenfarm! ; This Vast Complex in Kent, the Size of Ten Soccer Pitches, Will Grow Millions of Tomatoes Year Round Without Soil the Answer to Food Shortages, or an Insult to Our Palates?
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YOU'VE heard of the factory chicken. Now meet the factory vegetable. Grown in their millions in trays of nutrient-enriched water inside a heated, artificially-lit greenhouse large enough to house ten football pitches, they are as far as you can get from 'natural' home-grown food.
But this week, workers are putting the finishing touches to Britain's largest hydroponic greenhouse -- an astonishing construction in white steel and glass.See the full content of this document
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Welcome to the Frankenfarm! ; This Vast Complex in Kent, the Size of Ten Soccer Pitches, Will Grow Millions of Tomatoes Year Round Without Soil the Answer to Food Shortages, or an Insult to Our Palates?
By the time the site is complete in 2010, another six massive greenhouses will have been constructed, providing a home to more than 1.3million tomato, pepper and cucumber plants -- grown hydroponically, without soil.
Kent is often called the Garden of England..When this village of glass is complete, it will be more like England's facto...See the full content of this document
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