Sundrop Farms is a global leader in sustainable agriculture, growing produce in a Van der Hoeven designed greenhouse, using renewable inputs. Sundrop Farms is situated at the top of the Spencer Gulf, near the city of Port Augusta. Given the lack of fresh water and harsh climate, traditional horticulture is simply not feasible in this area.

However, with the help of the latest and most advanced technologies, it has been made possible to grow natural and high-quality produce, even in the desolate natural environment.

Seawater is used for adiabatic cooling and the scale at which this happens makes Sundrop unlike any other of its kind. In order to continuously optimize the system, the seawater cooling process has been monitored since its opening in 2015. The state-of-the-art solar tower is used to produce energy that powers the plant growing systems and heats and cools the greenhouses as required. There are more than 23 000 mirrors to capture sunlight and direct it to the central receiver at the top of the 115-meter tower. Water for crop irrigation is piped from the Spencer Gulf and treated with the thermal desalination unit. Additional water is harvested from the roof.