Underwater strawberries in Italy? The world's first underwater farm resumes growing berries and herbs

The world's first underwater farm, dubbed Nemo's Garden, has started growing fruits and vegetables again after a long hiatus due to the pandemic. As Fruit-inform reports with reference to euronews, the farm is located off the coast of Noli (Italy) and consists of six underwater greenhouses. The unique production was created in 2012. Gradually, the project began to cultivate various herbs, salads, tomatoes, zucchini, beans, aloe vera, mushrooms and even garden strawberries (strawberries). “Every year we open up new opportunities for the biosphere,” says Gianni Fontanesi, project coordinator at Nemo's Garden. “These are ecotourism, fish farming, seaweed farming, and the use of the farm as research laboratories or underwater stations to monitor wildlife research.” Read also: A floating modular greenhouse was created in Italy (photo) In October 2019, the project was severely damaged by a hurricane. Everything went to the point of completely ending his existence. However, the ...