Australian government funds 12 ha strawberry greenhouse
The glasshouse would be six times the size of the MCG.
It will cost $37 million, and will be capable of producing more than 2,000 tonnes of strawberries annually.
Mecrus Group already grows strawberries at Officer and Shady Creek near Warragul, east of Melbourne.
Managing director Barry Richards said more than 120 ongoing jobs will be created after the 12-hectare glasshouse is constructed.
The glasshouse will be built in the Latrobe Valley, a region which has lost hundreds of jobs after a power station closure.
Read more at ABC News (Isabella Pittaway, Jemima Burt)