Farming under glass or plastic, where light comes in and heat stays. From Dutch glasshouse districts to the plastic sea of Almeria in Spain, greenhouse cultivation grows vegetables, flowers and seedlings out of season and out of climate, and is horticulture's most intensive form. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Practice ClassControlled environment agriculture 1 OriginRoman forcing houses attested; modern glasshouse horticulture developed from 17th century Europe, at industrial scale in the Netherlands from the 20th century 1 Connections
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