Tomato Yield Not Affected by LED-Lit Greenhouses
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 6, 2013 — LED-equipped greenhouses can grow the same number of off-season tomatoes as those outfitted with traditional lighting, but using a lot less energy, a new Purdue University study finds. The average tomato is shipped about 1500 miles from a warmer climate, where it’s grown, to a cooler climate that cannot produce the fruit cost-effectively in the winter, said horticulture professor Cary Mitchell. Not only do those trips cost a lot and increase the industry’s carbon footprint, ...