US: MISSOURI - "I Intended To Bring The Technology, And Find What My Market Needed"
"The farm came in a basic format, and we adjusted it to our way of farming that suited our needs best. Since it was able to grow over 900 different crop varieties, I intended to bring the technology, and find what my market needed, no matter how I had to do that," says David Payne, Co-founder of Beats Per Minute, a container farm operator in Kansas City, Missouri.
The founders of Beats Per Minute with David in the middle
"I was a little nervous since we already sealed the deal"
Using a regional consultant, Beats Per Minute brought in a buyer from their local grocery store that has 25 chains and buy local, showing the blank farm as he came in. "Eventually, showing the technology which he didn't believe, and we showed him the menu of crops that we could grow and asked; what is your local market lacking that I could grow at this capacity to outfit the local market with these containers? The first thing he asked, can you do living herbs as I need to sell living basil plants as we lost our great grower."
After agreeing to that, David agreed to growing basil plants, and it wasn't all easy, but that's how we got to basil as it was the true need of the local market. After calling the Freight Farms team in for help on what David agreed to, they helped him find the right basil variety to grow hydroponically, and sell off as a living plant.
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Beats Per Minute
David Payne, Founder
+1 228-229-0072
beatsperminutesales@gmail.com
www.beatsperminutefarms.com
Publication date: Thu 29 Aug 2024
Author: Rebekka Boekhout
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