A decision to look into Thanet Earth was taken to continue my interest in agriculture and food production. Thanet Earth seems to reflect current attitude towards food production and may prove to be the case study for the future of agriculture.
Thanet Earth is the largest greenhouse complex in the country growing tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. The size it occupies can be compared to nearby village of Minster and 73 football pitches. 33 Thanet Earths could provide the whole country with salad crops.
Since Thanet Earth is not using an actual soil and the crops are suspended above ground, speculations could be made, how this concept could be more space efficient. Sites such as abandoned spaces within cities, brown sites, landscape running alongside motorways, large rooftops, such as warehouses or supermarkets (all of which are currently hardly used for anything) are possibly suitable for such food production process.
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