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Growing Tomatoes in the Land of Fire & Ice

A visit to Iceland's Friðheimar greenhouses

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Boaz Frankel
Jun 16, 2024
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Inside Iceland’s Friðheimar greenhouses, they are growing tomatoes all year long. That was the case when I visited in mid-May when there’s 20 hours of daylight. It’s also true in the middle of December when, despite the freezing temperatures and five hours of daylight, they are still growing nearly half of the country’s tomatoes.

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