Somerset date growers hope to turn desert green as new lab opens

Dave HarveyWest of England business and environment correspondentBBCThe Somerset firm has become a world leader in producing date plantsPlant scientists at a world-leading firm that grows date palms in the UK hope to turn an Indian desert green as they open a new state-of-the-art lab.Although the British climate is too cold to grow the fruit, young date plants can be produced in climate-controlled labs and…