Indigenous reservation creates underground greenhouse

When an indigenous reservation in South Dakota was facing a food crisis, they came up with a creative solution for growing fresh food all year round — by creating an underground greenhouse built four feet underground!

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[SolidGoldShows]

I'm in the process of doing the same thing with underground greenhouse 😊

[SamsLiberty]

This is awesome! We need more of this!

[johnjdumas]

A 52-degree preheater would save an enormous amount of money for people trying to afford to heat their homes near me. Growing some vegetables would be a bonus.

[Abbyyena]

This is excellent! Resourceful and innovative. Real solutions that are addressing needs. Well done 💕

[CynthiaSelf-ehul]

This is so cool! 😎. What a blessing, the people are working together to form a self sufficient
community. I love it! 💕
Lately Geothermal videos have hit my screen and " Oh how l wish", l could build such a thing. The Dakota Indians look like they have a pretty good system. 🙋

[BigFresno]

It would have been nice to give Russ Finch of Greenhouse in the Snow a mention for the original design.

[kdubs]

Still not one video on the guy growing oranges in Nebraska in Winter

[skeletorrocks]

Russ Finch is the one who originally came up with this technology. It's called the greenhouse in the snow. His design was actually a better built design. His greenhouse is capable of citrus in areas that get -20 regularly during the winter. With no outside energy other than what it takes to run the fans.

Now can you imagine what you could do with this same type of technology to heat a home instead of just a greenhouse. Maybe even an earth shelter or a straw bail home.

How much energy savings could be achieved in America if we started doing this under are lawns?

Especially in Northern climates.

[tg_ny]

The greenhouse in the snow is available as a kit.

[hoboonwheels]

Keep animals in there to fertilize and grow too. Provide heat and food for non vegetation eaters.
Under a residence would heat it too. Europe and eastern Canada have already got older farms with this.

[johnjdumas]

There could be high-paying jobs for young people if they could install these near me. These would do both heating and cooling in zones 6 + 7 for homes with minimal modification.

[pswanberg]

They'll have enough for a couple salads every few weeks wow!

[tedtolentino]

This is a very impressive accomplishment by this community. But this story also has struck a cord with me, and that is, why in this country that can literally feed the world do we find our native Americans lacking the basic necessities such as fresh food? Why hasn't the federal government spear headed these kinds of feeding projects to begin to stamp out hunger and food insecurity for our First Americans?

[HobbitBroad]

Can something like this work for an area that gets to hot to grow fruits and vegetables?

[OmegaOne-iu]

I don't understand why they're not the first to do that they should have been doing that a long time ago I mean more than a 100 years ago

[nicktomasette]

Where do you find the curved metal supports for construction.?