VIDEO: Square Roots Indoor Farm Celebrates Largest Growing Operation In Kenosha With Ribbon Cutting, Tastings And Tours
August 16, 2022
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Workers at Square Roots urban farm in Kenosha hold ends of a ribbon as Kimball Musk, the farm's co-founder, Hans Hansen, regional general manager of Gordon Food Service and Tobias Peggs, farm co-founder and CEO, pose for the celebratory ribbon cutting. The farm began operating in late January.
Officials, however, held the soft opening with the invitation only-celebration on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, that included presentations, along with tastings of the on-site grown greens on al fresco appetizers and beverages, and outdoor window tours of the indoor urban farm, which operates inside 20 repurposed shipping containers on two levels. The climate in each of the containers is carefully controlled for salad greens, microgreens and herbs, including, basil, cilantro, parsley and dill, among others, that can be grown year round.
The 10,000-square foot indoor farm, which is located on the Gordon Foods Service campus at 10915 38th St., has the capability of producing more than 2.4 million packages of herbs and salad greens annually, according to company officials. Currently, two dozen people work at the Kenosha farm, which is the largest and most technologically advanced of its operations. Other indoor urban farms are also located in Michigan, Ohio and New York.
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