[CH] Re: Beer and Plants
George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:10:54 -0500
Byron Bromley asked: "Has anyone fermented beer and grown plants in the
same room ??"
Yes, sort of, in a big way! I visited Archer Daniels Midland at Decatur,
IL in the early 80's. They had an industrial alcohol fermentation unit
(not exactly beer) in their corn wet milling plant. Since they were
shipping railroad cars of ethanol, there was also a lot of carbon dioxide
available. They served us lunch which included a salad whose ingredients
were grown in greenhouses with the atmosphere boosted with this carbon
dioxide. They sold the greenhouse vegetables commercially.
I do not recall whether there were chiles grown in these greenhouses, but I
think one of the dishes served did have some red chile seasoning.
George Nelson
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