and our very ownjen copestake is in a greenhouse for us. jen. yes, i m here in the norwich greenhouse and it looks completely different than it did on my last visit. it s absolutely filled with plants now. there are 378,000 tomato plants here, and that represents 5% of the uk s consumption of tomatoes. last year, we saw this world first project being built using an environmentally friendly heating system. a typical greenhouse would burn fossil fuels to create the heat that you need to go through these rails. but our greenhouse takes waste heat from sewage treatment works. we use that heat instead of burning fossil fuels. the hard hats and hi vis gear we wore last time have been replaced by coveralls to protect the crops from bringing in external bugs and viruses. workers here have their clothes cleaned on site. and how many people are working here now? because when i came
we wore last time have been replaced by coveralls to protect the crops from bringing in external bugs and viruses. workers here have their clothes cleaned on site. and how many people are working here now? because when i came before, there was nobody. yeah, so we have about 50 people currently working in here on picking. so these tomatoes are going out to the shops? yes, yeah, they re being picked, ready to be packed and you ll see them in the supermarket soon. and we see different varieties of tomatoes, so can you explain what s going on? as we ve got here, this is ready to be picked. these ones are just starting to get some colour on, so they ll be picked within the next ten days. we introduced predatory insects. at the beginning the year, we introduced macrolophus pygmaeus, which is a true bug. it s a predatory insect that feeds on anything like whitefly, aphids, commonly known as greenfly, spider mites. there is one of my macrolophus. ah! hello! so we don t want to damage him?
and that represents 5% of the uk s consumption of tomatoes. last year, we saw this world first project being built using an environmentally friendly heating system. a typical greenhouse would burn fossil fuels to create the heat that you need to go through these rails. but our greenhouse takes waste heat from sewage treatment works. we use that heat instead of burning fossil fuels. the hard hats and hi vis gear we wore last time have been replaced by coveralls to protect the crops from bringing in external bugs and viruses. workers here have their clothes cleaned on site. and how many people are working here now? because when i came before, there was nobody. yeah, so we have about 50 people currently working in here on picking. so these tomatoes are going out to the shops? yes, yeah, they re being picked, ready to be packed and you ll see them in the supermarket soon. and we see different varieties of tomatoes,
is in a greenhouse for us. jen. yes, i m here in the norwich greenhouse and it looks completely different than it did on my last visit. it s absolutely filled with plants now. there are 378,000 tomato plants here, and that represents 5% of the uk s consumption of tomatoes. last year, we saw this world first project being built using an environmentally friendly heating system. a typical greenhouse would burn fossil fuels to create the heat that you need to go through these rails. but our greenhouse takes waste heat from sewage treatment works. we use that heat instead of burning fossil fuels. the hard hats and hi vis gear we wore last time have been replaced by coveralls to protect the crops from bringing in external bugs and viruses. workers here have their clothes cleaned on site. and how many people are working here now? because when i came before, there was nobody. yeah, so we have about 50 people currently working
that you need to go through these rails. but our greenhouse takes waste heat from sewage treatment works. we use that heat instead of burning fossil fuels. the hard hats and hi vis gear we wore last time have been replaced by coveralls to protect the crops from bringing in external bugs and viruses. workers here have their clothes cleaned on site. and how many people are working here now? because when i came before, there was nobody. yeah, so we have about 50 people currently working in here on picking. so these tomatoes are going out to the shops? yes, yeah, they re being picked, ready to be packed and you ll see them in the supermarket soon. and we see different varieties of tomatoes, so can you explain what s going on? as we ve got here, this is ready to be picked. these ones are just starting to get some colour on, so they ll be picked within the next ten days. we introduced predatory insects. at the beginning the year, we introduced macrolophus pygmaeus, which is a true bug. it s