The Anonymous Widower

Basil Crop Hits The Roof At Scunthorpe Vertical Farm With Artificial Sun

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Times.

It is a fascinating article about how basil is farmed vertically in Scunthorpe.

• Much of the crop goes to UK supermarkets.
• The grower has now teamed with Ocado to build the largest vertical farm in the world.
• The grower is also growing rosemary, chard and spinach. Although the latter looked a bit sad.
• He has also experimented with turnips and carrots and hopes to move on to soft fruits and cut flowers.

Surely, the only way is Up!

Is the farmer feeding the crops carbon dioxide captured from the massive Keadby gas-fired power-stations in the area?

That way we can generate our electricity with added CO2 and eat it.

I know of a tomato grower, who uses a gas-powered combined heat and power boiler to heat his greenhouses, where the CO2 is fed to the tomatoes and any electricity he doesn’t need is sold to local consumers.

If we can eat all the CO2, why not go fracking for the gas? The only losers would be the Qataris and Putin.

October 21, 2021 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Food | Carbon Capture And Use, Farming, Fracking, Vertical Farming