poVoq@slrpnk.netM to Solarpunk Farming@slrpnk.net · 2 years agoAn Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surfacewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkAn Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surfacewww.theguardian.compoVoq@slrpnk.netM to Solarpunk Farming@slrpnk.net · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYeah, “novel” for that part of the world I guess. The article mentions that it originates from Bolivia, but I think there are even earlier prior-arts of trench farming to preserve fruit trees.
minus-squarewabooti@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYeah my old uni’s botanical garden has underground greenhouses that are easily 100 years old. Putting a glass roof on top of a fruit trench is just the next logical step really.
Yeah, “novel” for that part of the world I guess. The article mentions that it originates from Bolivia, but I think there are even earlier prior-arts of trench farming to preserve fruit trees.
Yeah my old uni’s botanical garden has underground greenhouses that are easily 100 years old.
Putting a glass roof on top of a fruit trench is just the next logical step really.