By: Owen R-S
Butter on bread. In Iceland it’s supposed to be a 50/50 split. You need to have as much butter as you have bread. Lunching at Friðeimar Tomato Farm showed us that, for geothermal energy specifically, that 50/50 split also exists in the form of stewardship and community.
Geothermal agriculture, from geothermal energy, is the process through which the tomatoes we ate and that were used for our soup were grown (best tomatoes I’ve ever eaten by the way). But it’s more than just delectable food: it’s the energy that all of Iceland puts into maintaining the cleanliness of their energy: not too many geothermal power plants, not too many hydroelectric power plants.
Nobody wants to only see factories, but everyone wants to eat tomatoes made through geothermal agriculture and the pureness of the water. They keep the community (the EU as well) loving the purest water, and they stay stewards of their land by preventing too many power plants from being built.
In one bowl of soup, two greenhouses, and copious amounts of tomatoes, this simple tomato farm shows what it means to be Icelandic.
