The biggest greenhouse in Britain
Seven greenhouses, each the size of 10 football pitches, are to be built in Kent.Due to be finished in 2010 greenhouses on the 91 hectare site will be so big they will be visible from space.
They will be used to grow 2.5 million tomatoes every week of the year; 560,000 peppers and 700,000 cucumbers per week during February and October. and all will grow without soil using hydroponics.
Bosses behind Thanet Earth say the monster sized constructions will help meet the demand for homegrown food all year round and create 550 jobs.
Each greenhouse will be 1,240ft long, centrally heated and fed by its own private reservoir.
Steve McVickers, chief executive officer of Thanet Earth, said: 'Vegetables have been grown without soil in water before. What's new here is the scale. "This is the biggest greenhouse site of its kind in Britain."
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