From DW Documentary.

A country once known for a traditional diet consisting mainly of fish, meat, and fermented foods is now producing its own vegetables and even experimenting with tropical crops, in one of the world’s harshest climates.

Thanks to an incredible geothermal network that heats 90% of homes, Iceland has turned natural volcanic energy into a national advantage. Greenhouses warmed by this heat now grow nearly all of the country’s cucumbers and most of its tomatoes, cutting dependence on imports from mainland Europe.

Researchers in Hveragerði have been testing the limits of this energy for decades, even running the world’s northernmost banana plantation. The bananas may not be profitable, but the experiment proved something bigger: geothermal energy can reshape what’s possible in cold regions.

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