On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This may be a little off topic but anyway . . . On NHK the other day I saw > a documentary about food exports and high-tech agriculture in the > Netherlands. Here is a web page about it: > > http://www.hollandtrade.com/sector-information/agriculture-and-food/ > > This is mind-boggling. The Netherlands is an itty bitty country with very > high population density, and yet they are the second largest food exporter > in the world, after the U.S! They grow massive amounts of food in highly > sophisticated sealed greenhouses. These are more like futuristic food > factories than what you might think of as greenhouses. They monitor ~100 > growth parameters. They increase CO2 concentration. People have to cover up > their shoes and wear plastic haz mat style clothing to avoid contaminating > the crops. > > > > That is hard to believe. Perhaps they mean second largest food exporter per capita? harry harry
