Food miles

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  • Created on: 24-05-17 16:10
What is the case study?
Thanet Earth
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What is it?
7 huge green houses growing plants hydroponically covering 220 acres
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Where is it?
Margate
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What are the advantages?
Plants grow 4 times faster, 1.3 million plants, grow all year round, boosts UKs salad crop production by 15%, reduces food miles, surplus water is recycled, waste CO2 is recycled, bees used for pollination, few pesticides used, 550 jobs
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What are the disadvantages?
Bland taste, high energy consumption (must be kept at 28°C), consumes more energy than flying, compromises lives in LEDCs, built on top of fertile soil, out competes local farmers, jobs taken my immigrants (Margate is UKIP)
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