Oasthouse Ventures has huge greenhouses in Bury St Edmunds and Norwich which extract heat from the sewage at local treatment works, transferring it to heat pumps at their sites.

This provides the majority of the heat needed to grow peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers.

The move comes as the National Farmers’ Union warns Britain is facing its lowest year for salad production since records began.

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