The PermaDesign Weblog, with Nate Downey and Melissa McDonald!

5%!

by Nate Downey

The GreenHouse vertical farm is a 48'x48' greenhouse that grows 135,000 plants a year in Tower Gardens, using 5% of the water used by outdoor farming. The farm supplies Walt Disney World resorts, along with Emeril’s Orlando, Ritz Carlton, Marriott World Center & the Hilton with fresh greens and herbs year round. "We also have incredibly small losses, and the consistency of growing allows us to be able to deliver the same quantities weekly to our restaurants, making us a lot more reliable than “traditional” farms."... Katherine Grandey, Co-Founder & Owner of The GreenHouse. I wonder though...about soil and nutrients...are these things as healthy as normal garden-grown veggies?

http://futuregrowing.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/thegreenhouse/

08/10/2014 | (0) Comments