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Huge Tomatoes Grown In Desert Greenhouse Complex
Tucson, Ariz. air views reveal a vast greenhouse operation by Superior Farming Co. where 10-foot tomato plants are grown in desert sand under plastic and fiber glass. The system raises four times as many tomatoes as open fields, with high costs offset by very high per-acre yields and multi-crop cycles.
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Superior Farming Company
California
Tucson
Arid Lands Research Center
Sadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi
Arabian Gulf
Laboratory
Puerto Penasco
Sonora
Mexico
Kharg Island
Iran
Quechan
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
California Desert
Miguel R. Fontes
Tucson Laboratory
United States
Michael Hopkins
Superior
Hopkins