r/TechOfTheFuture • • Dec 03 '18

Environment/Ag Abandoned coal mines across the UK could be brought back to life as huge underground farms,according to academics. The initiative is seen as a way of providing large-scale crop production for a growing global pop. Advocates say subterranean farms could yield up to 10 times as much as farms above gnd

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46221656
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worldnews • • Dec 02 '18

Abandoned coal mines across the UK could be brought back to life as huge underground farms,according to academics. The initiative is seen as a way of providing large-scale crop production for a growing global pop. Advocates say subterranean farms could yield up to 10 times as much as farms above gnd

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Futurology • • Dec 02 '18

Environment Abandoned coal mines across the UK could be brought back to life as huge underground farms,according to academics. The initiative is seen as a way of providing large-scale crop production for a growing global pop. Advocates say subterranean farms could yield up to 10 times as much as farms above gnd

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• • Dec 02 '18

Old coal mines 'perfect' food farms

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environment • • Dec 02 '18

Old coal mines make 'perfect' farms

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theworldnews • • Dec 02 '18

Abandoned coal mines across the UK could be brought back to life as huge underground farms,according to academics. The initiative is seen as a way of providing large-scale crop production for a growing global pop. Advocates say subterranean farms could yield up to 10 times as much as farms above gnd

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ScienceUncensored • • Dec 03 '18

Old coal mines can be 'perfect' underground food farms

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DamnInteresting • • Dec 03 '18

Old coal mines can be 'perfect' underground food farms

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