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Paris, Aug 10 (EFE).- The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is cultivating an alternative solution to industrial agriculture on its rooftop: a 14,000-square-metre garden overlooking the Eiffel Tower. (Camera: MARTA GARDE. Editor: VICTORIA MORENO)
The largest indoor vertical farm in the world is set to open in Newark, New Jersey, later this year.
Sao Paulo, Aug 6 (EFE).- Sao Paulo, the most populous city in Latin America, hides among its leaden skyscrapers the largest urban coffee plantation in the world, a 10,000 square meter plantation that evokes the origins of the largest metropolis in Brazil.FOOTAGE OF THE COFFEE PLATATION IN SAO PAULO. SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF HARUMI HOJO, COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT.Harumi Hojo:"The plantation has already been used for research and the proposal today is to produce coffee sustainably. Starting this year we will carry out a renovation, bringing other coffees to accompany the behavior of other varieties under the same conditions"
Paris, Aug 10(EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohammed Badra) The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is cultivating an alternative solution to industrial agriculture on its rooftop: a 14,000-square-metre garden overlooking the Eiffel Tower. The garden, Nature Urbaine, situated on the roof of Pavilion 6 was installed at the end of June by Agripolis and Cultures en Ville, and when fully operational will be the largest of its kind in all of Europe. Tomatoes, strawberries and aromatic plants are already growing in the sizable garden, which is equivalent to two football pitches. FOOTAGE OF THE ROOFTOP.
The 'Sleeping Lion Pearl' is set to be sold at auction for the first time in 240 years at the Venduehuis in The Hague. Previously owned by Catherine the Great, the pearl had been lost, found, survived the Russian Revolution of 1917 and is now estimated to be worth €540,000.