A London underground farm grows salad in a WWII bomb shelter, and shows everybody the way of the future. What not too long ago served as a place where people were afraid of dying, has now become a place full of life.
Growing Underground is a (below) London based farm that grows green salad in LED-lit factories located 100 feet (30.48 meters) under Clapham Station in South London.
Using hydroponics and low-energy lighting, the farm manages to grow salad, mizuna, watercress, Thai basil, pea shoots, red vein sorrel, radish and mustard leaf. The process to grow such crops requires only 30% of the water recommended for a normal salad crop grown on regular fields.
This type of underground farming is definitely the future of agriculture and every local authority should consider redesigning their abandoned underground tunnels or factories, in order to assure a local-based fresh food source for their cities.
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Another innovative approach to agriculture is done in Italy where people grow their food in secret underwater gardens, located beneath the sea.
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