Warehouse Farm Claims 100X More Greens Than Traditional Farms
March 16, 2017 | 1 min to read
For centuries, American farmers have grown produce with soil, sunlight, and water.
A new farm, called Bowery, says it has found a much more efficient place to grow: inside a giant warehouse in Kearny, New Jersey.
Located about 15 miles outside New York City, Bowery estimates it has the capacity to grow 100 times more greens per square foot than the average industrial farm.
It's a vertical farm where everything grows indoors under LEDs that mimic natural sunlight. Instead of soil, crops sprout in nutrient-rich water beds on trays stacked from the floor to the ceiling. Currently, Bowery is testing over 80 different varieties of greens, including baby kale, mustard greens, and arugula.
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