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Article: Fuel for tomato farm imperils the Smokies. (Great Smoky Mountains)
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- National Parks
- Article date:
- January 1, 1995
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 National Parks Conservation Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A hydroponic tomato farm would be a boon for a town in east Tennessee but would threaten the Great Smoky Mountains if fueled by a new power plant.
In October, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced its endorsement of a joint venture between the Agro Power Development and Cogentrix companies. Agro Power plans to grow tomatoes hvdroponically in a 100-acre greenhouse farm in Erwin, Tennessee, about 40 miles northeast of the Smokies. The plan would be partially financed by Cogentrix, an electrical engineering firm that has signed a deal with Agro Power to construct a 120-megawatt coal-burning electric plant to fuel the greenhouses. Construction would begin once a ...
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