Grist Comment Feed en http://www.grist.org/article/colemans-elegant-year-round-vegetable-production-blueprint/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:44:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/colemans-elegant-year-round-vegetable-production-blueprint/1 I should have mentioned: the incoming solar radiation that the US gets in winter is significantly greater than Europe, being largely further south than the continent. The Southeast is as far south as North Africa, and the mid atlantic is around the same latitude as southern France if I remember what Coleman said in the book rightly. Gives you an idea for the winter growing potential of the US. - Erik

]]> I should have mentioned: the incoming solar radiation that the US gets in winter is significantly greater than Europe, being largely further south than the continent. The Southeast is as far south as North Africa, and the mid atlantic is around the same latitude as southern France if I remember what Coleman said in the book rightly. Gives you an idea for the winter growing potential of the US. - Erik

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