Posted on 08/07/2019 1:02:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. fast-food customers’ growing expectations for healthier, ethical and more environmentally sustainable options directly correspond with the values and produce that the Vertical Farming industry provides.
As the vertical farming industry in the United States grows, its market segments correspondingly diversify and widen.
Aerofarms, Gotham Greens and Square Roots, for instance, all deliver their produce to local grocers as well as to Whole Foods Market.
Plenty sells its leafy greens through the online retailer Good Eggs, San Francisco’s Faletti Foods as well as to fine-dining restaurants, including Atelier Crenn and the Michelin-starred Protege in Palo Alto, among others.
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A woman I know in Gainesville Fl has been vertical farming in her backyard covered and previously unused pool for about 15 years. She provides most of the vegetables they use to her large extended family all year.
But how do the Mexicans crap on the lettuce when it’s that high?
Ought to work well in democrat areas where the BS is stacked up already for fertilizer.
I designed pipes that have sprayers inside. They hang and grow lettuce from the holes with PVC pipes sticking out. works great had a bunch of strawberries that were doing great until the PECO idiots turned off my irrigation system.
You mean we won’t get “free range” lettuce anymore?
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