Gotham Greens is the first commercial-scale rooftop greenhouse facility in New York. The three clean-energy powered, climate-controlled urban rooftop greenhouses produce consistent pesticide-free greens and herbs year round. Gotham Greens harvests, packs and delivers arugula, butter lettuce, and basil to the coolers of the vegetable aisle at the Gowanus Brooklyn Whole Foods.
Brooklyn Grange sells 50,000 pounds of organically-cultivated seasonal produce a year to restaurants and CSAs. AeroFarms in Newark, NJ takes future-tech farming to new heights, retrofitting retail outlets, an abandoned steel mill, a nightclub and an old paintball arena with their vertical farms. With $130 million investment, they have the backers to try.
The is a line-up of Freight Farms containers. These are run by Square Roots, an accelerator, run by Kimbal Musk. The next wave of container farmers are hoping to get what he insists are the best-tasting greens closer to consumers. For now, at least with greens, the next route from farm-to-table may be over our heads.
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