DelFrescoPure Goes Year-Round With Indoor Vertical Farm
Chris Koger October 9, 2018
CubicFarms constructs containers that grow leafy greens, like this one from the company's website. ( Courtesy CubicFarms )
DelFrescoPure is investing in technology with a new mechanized stand-alone growing system for the company’s living herbs and microgreens in a year-round process.
The system, known as LivingCube, is from CubicFarms, a supplier of indoor vertical farms.
The LivingCubes are 40-foot climate-controlled growing chambers that have 12 growing, germination and irrigation machines, according to a news release. The system includes a fully-enclosed work area.
The system is at DelFrescoPure’s Kingsville, Ontario, headquarters, and will be used to grow living lettuce and basil, and microgreens.
“We wanted to offer our retail partners new, innovative and local commodities and the ideal solution was to partner with CubicFarms,” Carl Mastronardi, DelFrescoPure president, said in the news release.
DelFrescoPure powers the LivingCube system with an off-the-grid cogeneration system, according to the release.