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Landfill farming: Methane-fuelled dome to trial producing fruit and veg year-round

This summer, a revolutionary food growing experiment is about to be trialled on a landfill site in Wiltshire

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Landfill farming: Methane-fuelled dome to trial producing fruit and veg year-round

An inflated dome, which is twice the height of a London double-decker bus and three times the size of a tennis court, will be placed on a landfill site owned by Thomas Crapper and Sons and run by Sustain...

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