Submitted by K.L. Hlaba on Fri, 16/04/2021 - 10:54
In the heart of London there is a farm like no other. It's subterranean, sustainable and energy smart. It also has a digital twin looking out for its every need.
Thirty-three metres below London’s Clapham High Street is the world’s first underground farm. It’s shaping the future of urban farming.
Stacked racks of fresh green leaves thrive under banks of LED lights – peashoots, basil, coriander, parsley, salad rocket, pink radish, mustard plants – the fragrance of the ‘microgreens’ filling a former World War Two air raid shelter under south London.
A post-war plan to join the tunnels to the London Underground system never happened and, in 2015, the deserted subterranean space sprouted new life when co-founders Richard Ballard and Steve Dring decided it was a perfect site to grow food while reducing the carbon footprint of transport and supply.
Please find the complete article by Louise Walsh HERE.
Pictured: Co-founder Steve Dring (credit: NFT/Zero Carbon Farms)