Chilean entrepreneur grows cherry tomatoes in the driest desert in the world

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Oct-09 Fri 13:33

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9257392/chilean-entrepreneur-grows-cherry-tomatoes-in-the-drie…

2020-Oct-09 Fri 13:33

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Pietro Alberti, an entrepreneur from Arica, received the support of the Luksic Foundation's Impulso Chileno program to launch an ambitious project: growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in the Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world. One of the biggest difficulties he faced when developing the project…

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