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How indoor farming is making it easier to eat locally grown, pesticide-free food - Well and Good
As a farmer, your entire job is at the mercy of the weather. A scorching hot growing season with no rain or, conversely, too much rain could ruin your entire crop yield. And then you’re screwed. Or at least, that’s how it’s been for centuries.
Bowery, an indoor farming startup with locations in New York City and New Jersey, has moved the whole operation indoors. And doing so has yielded a perfect crop virtually every time. The company uses cutting-edge technology to make every part of the growing system controllable. “We’re able to give the plant exactly what it needs, exactly when it needs it throughout its entire life,” CEO and co-founder Irving Fain says. “So we really control that process from seed to store.”
As a farmer, your entire job is at the mercy of the weather. A scorching hot growing season with no rain or, conversely, too much rain could ruin your entire crop yield. And then you’re screwed. Or at least, that’s how it’s been for centuries.
Bowery, an indoor farming startup with locations in New York City and New Jersey, has moved the whole operation indoors. And doing so has yielded a perfect crop virtually every time. The company uses cutting-edge technology to make every part of the growing system controllable. “We’re able to give the plant exactly what it needs, exactly when it needs it throughout its entire life,” CEO and co-founder Irving Fain says. “So we really control that process from seed to store.”