GARDENS
The New Frontier
in Farming
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At an altitude of over 6,000 feet, a Jackson Hole winter can last until May, mak-
ing the produce-growing season only a few months long. This shortened season
creates the need for hundreds of thousands of pounds of food to be trucked into
the area each year.
Enter Vertical Harvest co-founders Penny McBride and Nona Yehia, who spent
more than six years working with industry experts and local community lead-
ers to develop a model that creates a sustainable source of locally grown, fresh
vegetables…year round. A tall order, and one that the partners delivered on in
a three-story high farm.
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd
PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY Vertical Harvest
FALL 2017
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