Raspberries and solar power on a single plot
No plant can grow without light. But how much does a raspberry really need to bear fruit? Or can the berry thrive with just half the normal amount of light if the rest is used to produce solar power?
Organic farmer and berry producer Heinz Schmid from Gelflingen, LU, aims to uncover this and much more over the next few years in his 7,200 square-meter pilot facility for
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