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Eye-watering numbers': food producers sound alarm on rise in energy charges

Outside, it's an overcast and blustery February day in Kent hardly the ideal conditions for growing tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Yet inside the enormous glasshouses run by grower Thanet Earth, the climate has been optimised to a humid 20C, perfect for the regimented rows of small pepper plants poking out of raised trays. Growing fresh produce indoors in the south of England year-round requires plenty of energy to provide light, warmth and carbon dioxide.

Agriculture

Cooking

fromTasting Table

1 month ago

When Peas Aren't In Season, One Chef Suggests This - But It's Pricier - Tasting Table

Buy fresh peas in season; greenhouse-grown fresh peas can be high quality but cost significantly more; choose peas in pods for best freshness.

Cryptocurrency

fromCointelegraph

1 month ago

How Bitcoin Mining Waste Heat Is Being Used to Warm Canadian Greenhouses

Bitcoin mining waste heat can be repurposed to heat greenhouses and industrial processes, improving energy efficiency and reducing fossil fuel reliance.

fromBusiness Insider

5 months ago

See how a country the size of Maryland became the world's second-largest agricultural exporter

The Netherlands has some of the most efficient greenhouses in the world. Dutch company Looye Kwekers has tomato plants that grow a foot a week with limited water. The Netherlands yields 12 times more tomatoes than the average tomato farm globally. The Netherlands is about the size of the state of Maryland, yet it's the second-largest agricultural exporter in the world by value, behind the US.