Growing Greens in the Dark
The ancient art of Campo Rosso’s Tardivo
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6 min readDec 19, 2019
There’s a greenhouse in Eastern Pennsylvania where the sun never shines. All of its clear glass panels are covered, shrouded in dark cloth, keeping the light away. It is here that the Tardivo grows, in pans of water, “forced” to sprout new leaves, sending candy-striped fingers reaching out toward the inky darkness.
