DANVILLE, VA - Increased demand is leading to industry expansion as AeroFarms® has officially pulled back the curtain on AeroFarms Danville in Virginia, the company’s newest cutting-edge, indoor vertical farm. With this expansion, the grower brings increased capabilities for growing its award-winning leafy greens as consumer demand continues to rise.

“This Grand Opening is an incredible milestone for AeroFarms as we scale our company to meet increased customer demand both here in the United States and globally,” said David Rosenberg, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AeroFarms. “We have amazing people aligned with our mission and focused on growing a distinctive, flavorful product that our customers love. AeroFarms Danville will help us bring safe, pesticide-free, great-tasting products to even more people.”

The new facility is a continuation of AeroFarms’ improvement and innovation, a release stated, utilizing the supplier’s proprietary indoor vertical farming technology to grow more plants at the highest productivity per square feet with the least amount of natural resources. In addition, AeroFarms Danville introduces a state-of-the-art water recapture process for even more water savings.

Some key benefits of the new facility include:

• Capable of serving over 50 million people within a day’s drive
• Capable of growing over 3 million pounds of leafy greens annually
• Hands-free farming with end-to-end automation from seeding to growing to harvesting to packaging
• Over 50 percent water savings and over 50 percent improvement in LED efficiency through proprietary design versus previous farm

“Rising transportation costs and droughts in the Western United States will mean East Coast states like Virginia must reorient our supply chain for fresh produce to more local suppliers. While painful, this situation also creates an important opportunity for the Commonwealth to become a national leader in the fast-growing indoor farming industry,” commented Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Matthew Lohr, who attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting. “Continued success in recruiting and supporting the growth of these companies can bring economic opportunity to all corners of the Commonwealth, while also supplying fresh, safe, and sustainable food to our citizens and neighbors. Today’s announcement is an important step on the pathway to a bright future of food security and prosperity for all Virginians.”

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