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If you look at Iceland, you'll notice that it doesn't really seem like a great place to do farming
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Most of Iceland is rocky, cold, and prone to intense weather and really dark seasons
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But underneath the surface, something else is going on. For how cold it gets here, there's also an endless supply of heat coming from the ground
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For centuries, people have created farms around these pockets of heat, farming root vegetables
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root vegetables like carrots and potatoes in this warm soil. Then in 1924, the people of Iceland started building greenhouses
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They would build them near pockets of geothermal heat and use the heat to disinfect the soil
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and warm the greenhouse. This allows Iceland to grow a wide variety of vegetables that otherwise would be impossible
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in such harsh climate conditions. Which brings us back to this tomato farm
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It's called Friedheimer, and it's right on the Golden Circle. This place runs on geothermal energy and grows 360 tons of tomatoes per year
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all of which are sold to local markets in Iceland. It was started by a couple who have taken up this craft of greenhouse agriculture in Iceland
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And the best part about this is that you can come and partake for yourself
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You can sit here in this greenhouse surrounded by tomato plants, and you can order from a completely tomato-based menu
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including a bottomless bowl of tomato soup, and bread or pasta with fresh
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tomato sauce. They also get creative with things like this tomato drink. It's truly an
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experience worth having on the Golden Circle not only to experience the fresh
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local food but also to see an important part of Icelandic culture in action
