date:Jul 19, 2012
Nuffield Scholar, explained that chia is a latitude specific crop that needs to grow within 15 degrees of the equator to ensure the right day length to develop the rich omega-3 oil in the seeds.
The Kimberley region in Australia is the perfect environment due to the latitude at exactly 15 south of the equator,he said.We have unlimited water supply from the largest sustainable water supply in the southern hemisphere - Lake Argyle and we use gravity feed irrigation to ensure the crop gets the rig