GROSSETO, Italy – The Italian tomato is prized around the world, but its reputation has soured in recent years over reports of mafia infiltration, slave labor and toxic fires that poison water sources.
GROSSETO, Italy – The Italian tomato is prized around the world, but its reputation has soured in recent years over reports of mafia infiltration, slave labor and toxic fires that poison water sources.
Southern Europe’s biggest hydroponics farm is out to change all that, by growing pesticide-free crops in environmentally friendly greenhouses – and getting bees to do the hard work.
Set among organic vineyards in Tuscany, Sfera Agricola was launched in 2015 by Luigi Galimberti as a response to repeated UN warnings that food production will need to increase sharply to feed the growing global population.
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