Arctic
region, to be precise, the northernmost city,
experiences three months of darkness and is treeless where the subsoil is
premanently frozen. In this region, vegetation is scanty. Production of fresh
food was a distant dream. Svalbard, a
Norwegian Arctic island was facing immense problem without any local food.
Here, agriculture was just not possible. Fresh food in Svalbard was indeed
luxury. It was in 2015, Polar Permaculture was founded and in the Svalbard Island
it is the sole source of fresh food. The polar permaculture is made possible by
using geodesic dome shaped greenhouse, sustainable composting system and
microgreens lab. The waste of Svalbard are not discarded in the sea anymore,
the repurposing waste are processed into fertilizers for using in the next
crops growing.
A Brief Overview
Polar
Permaculture is the brainchild of Benjamin L.Vidmar, a foodie and eco-chef from
Cleveland, Ohio. He and his team of farmers work untiringly everyday to feed
the Svalbard community with proper nutrition. They try hard to create
sustainable system for solving the common issue pertinent to fresh foods. They
stay awake all night for growing fresh Longyearbyen
food that would feed the entire community. Their organic vegetables, qual
eggs and sprouts are matchless when it comes to suppyling proper nutrition.
Keeping in mind the convenience of the consumers, the price of the products are
reasonable.
The Bottomline
Benjamin
L.Vidmar and his team of proficient farmers are on a mission to utilize fully
the resources they have in hand and not to stay subjugated which they don’t
have. In the present time, they produce a wide variety of fresh Longyearbyen Food for feeding the local
community making use of circular and sustainable system. A day will come when
sufficient food can be produced for the Longyearbyen and all organic as well as
biological waste will be processed rightly.
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