CT Agri-Tech Maker Lands Product Deal
JANUARY 12, 2017 | CT GREEN GUIDE
CT Agri-Tech Maker Lands Product Deal
A South Windsor company that began as a member of UConn's startup incubator program said it will supply its LED technology to a Las Vegas manufacturer of vertical aeroponic farming systems.
Agrivolution, founded in 2012 by Richard Fu, said Indoor Farms of America recently selected it as a horticultural LED provider for leafy greens and other crops such as heirloom tomatoes, squash and cucumber.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the companies said the selection came after approximately one year of testing Agrivolution's Triple-Band LED bars against a dozen other lights.
Indoor Farms began selling its vertical aeroponic farming systems in late 2015 and last year announced it had secured a product distributor in South Africa. Aeroponics