Amid an exploding world population, water shortages, and poisoned-sprayed veggies, farming is struggling to keep up without burning out. Enter Bowery Farming, a brand new farming business in New Jersey that’s using tech to help renew the world’s oldest industry—agriculture. Their secret? Indoor LED lights and nutrient-heavy water.
If you’re spooked by food that isn’t grown by the sun you’re not alone cause so were we. Turns out, though, it’s not just not bad, it’s mind-bogglingly good.
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“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.” – @Bourdain
📸: #bowerygreens 🌱🥗 pic.twitter.com/1gsHAE5dOw— Bowery Farming (@BoweryFarming) April 5, 2017
Bowery farms are post-organic. That means zero pesticides (ahem, poison). And the real kicker is that, compared to traditional farms, they produce 100 times more food per square foot in half the time, and use 95% less water year-round. Yeah, we had to re-read that too. Oh, and it’s super affordable.
Indoor farming can be done anywhere – even urban environments. That means produce can be delivered to its consumers within hours of harvesting, saving on transportation.
Fain Irving, Co-Founder and CEO, says “As we scale, we plan to drive down our costs and deliver the highest quality produce at a price that makes it even more accessible to all.”
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To recap, that’s better, cheaper food, grown with fewer finite resources.
Thanks to a growing pool of investors, Bowery’s setting up shop all over the US. Soon, we’ll all be reaping to taste the fruits of their labor.
Feature photo: Garden Culture Magazine
