{"id":28764,"date":"2015-03-03T10:18:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T10:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.trueactivist.com\/?p=28764"},"modified":"2019-02-15T07:46:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:46:54","slug":"a-vertical-greenhouse-that-will-grow-100000-pounds-of-vegetables-a-year-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/a-vertical-greenhouse-that-will-grow-100000-pounds-of-vegetables-a-year-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vertical Greenhouse That Will Grow 100,000 Pounds Of Vegetables A Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Jackson, Wyoming, a company called Vertical Harvest recently began building a three-story vertical greenhouse.<\/p>\n

In addition to providing fresh tomatoes and greens to the local area, the vertical farm will also focus on employing people who have developmental disabilities and have trouble finding jobs elsewhere.<\/p>\n

“We’re replacing food that was being grown in Mexico or California and shipped in. We feel like the community’s really ready for a project like this. Everybody’s so much more aware of the need to reduce transportation, and people like to know their farmer and where food’s coming from,<\/em>” Penny McBride, one of the co-founders said.<\/p>\n

The plan has been five years in the making, and the group has just recently began construction on the project.<\/p>\n

Vertical Harvest has been designed specifically for Jackson\u2019s altitude, latitude, climate and location.<\/p>\n

According to the Vertical Harvest website<\/a>,\u00a0produce grown at the greenhouse will not compete with area growers, but instead will compete with currently imported produce from large-scale distributors whose supply is from distant states. Vertical Harvest will grow locally, but the target sales will supplant produce imported to restaurants and local grocery stores.<\/p>\n

In just one year, the greenhouse should be able to produce over 37,000 pounds of greens, 4,400 pounds of herbs, and 44,000 pounds of tomatoes.<\/p>\n