Thursday, October 01, 2015

Entrepreneurs Transform a WWII Bomb Shelter into World’s First Underground Farm

It’s probably the last place you would think of for growing food, but about 100 feet below London, the one-year old startup Growing Underground is producing what it calls “sustainable and mouth-wateringly fresh micro greens and salad.” It’s the world’s first subterranean farm. The site, a bomb shelter during World War II, was abandoned for 70 years until entrepreneurs Richard Ballard and Steven Dring came along .... http://www.wakingtimes.com