Old coal mines can be 'perfect' underground food farms

[Gong Farmer]

It would be difficult to work out area payments and RPA might struggle to get the maps right.

 

[ollie989898]

Food growing in underground coal mines.

Right.

Sooner you than me what with the radon build up....

 

[Courier]

Who mentioned food ? !!!

........The first line in the original article ....

"Mine shafts and tunnels are seen as "the perfect environment" for growing food such as vegetables and herbs."

 

[Rowland]

Sorry am I missing something? What's wrong with growing our food in fields?

That’s what I thought

 

[Rowland]

The workers will go on strike and demand more money then realise no body gives a F

 

[delilah]

Coal not Kohl

 

[badger nadgers]

Don't know about mines but tunnels are good for mushrooms. Around here was Wrington Vale Nurseries (Mushroom Farm) at Harpur Hill, Buxton. The tunnels at Harpur Hill were first made in 1938 by the Air Ministry to store bombs during World War II. They were purchased in 1964 to be converted to use as a mushroom farm by Wrington Vale Nurseries. There are 11 tunnels. Mushrooms were sent out all over the country, mainly by rail.

https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/...ploded-into-life-as-a-mushroom-farm-1-6366650
https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/fond-memories-of-harpur-hill-s-mushroom-farm-1-6424356