Australia: Greenhouse to supply remote Arnhem Land community
The project, which will harvest its first produce this week, is a collaboration between the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) and not-for-profit Food Ladder.
A similar project involving Food Ladder was set up in the Top End town of Katherine earlier this year.
The greenhouse uses a closed-loop hydroponic system, where plants are grown in a trays of clay pellets, known as hydroton.
ALPA innovation and sustainability projects specialist Lisa Somerville said cucumber, tomatoes, capsicum, rockmelon, spinach, brussels sprouts and cabbage were all growing in the greenhouse.
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