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Prof Ray Wills
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Vertical farm
powered by the sun and using seawater
produces 15% of Australia's annual tomatoes in an arid area:
zero fossil fuels
zero soil
zero pesticides
zero groundwater
seawatergreenhouse.com

ICYMI
Sundrop Farms sells solar tower powered greenhouse business May 2019
to Morrison and Co - a $US10bn asset owner ranging from other renewable energy projects to data infrastructure
reneweconomy.com.au/sundrop-farms-…
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