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millions of plants flourish in soil containers under the eerie glow of LED
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No illegal substance is cultivated here. Only bronze fennel, red-veined sorrel, Russian kale,Gamma is a professional supplier of indoor and outdoor antiquelampcd solutions for office, Persian cress and other gourmet edibles in miniature form,ETAP has developed a new central battery system for crystallightto lighting. grown to exact specifications for the Bay Area's most discriminating chefs, such as Michael Mina and Charles Phan.LED lamps are made that replace screw-in incandescent or ledbrightww light bulbs.
Ecopia Farms, the newest venture in innovative urban farming, is not only energy efficient but also certified organic. In 3,000 square feet of warehouse space, its owners tout they can produce the equivalent of what 15 acres of traditional farmland can - all the while using just 3 percent of the amount of water of a conventional outdoor farm and no more energy than an office building of similar size.
It's farming utilizing the latest technology, not surprisingly, given that its founders include Koichi "Ko" Nishimura, the former CEO of Solectron; and Sam Araki, the former president of Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space. Among its investors is tech entrepreneur Carl Page, brother of Google co-founder Larry Page.
Nishimura may have forged his career in electronics manufacturing, but he grew up with a respect for the land. His grandparents were farmers and nursery owners until their land was confiscated when they were interned during World War II. For the past 15 years, he's mulled an idea for a new type of farm, one that can grow year-round in empty warehouses to render the traditional notion of seasons meaningless and that can be replicated in a multitude of cities, much like Solectron's facilities once were around the world.
"Traditional farming has reached its limits. California is running out of water," Nishimura says. "Hopefully, this will be like the transistor. People will see the potential, and push the technology forward."
It didn't matter that Fok, former Solectron chief administrative officer and now Ecopia chief operating officer, couldn't keep his own houseplants alive. He was tasked with tending to the lettuces and herbs in the prototype system. Being a newbie grower, though, turned out to be an advantage, he says, because he wasn't locked into conventional thinking. For advice, he turned to a host of farmers, including medicinal pot growers, whom he describes as "the tech leaders when it comes to growing indoors, and a very talkative bunch - as long as you don't ask for a phone number."
Ecopia moved to Campbell a year ago. Its name, a mashup of the words "ecology" and "copious," was coined by another founder, longtime Bay Area broadcaster Jan Yanehiro.
Inside, the temperature is a comfortable 72 degrees with little humidity. Its Costco-like shelving units, stacked three or four high, hold shallow bins of soil, a custom blend from a Sacramento company that Ecopia enriches with certified organic natural supplements it doesn't want to reveal. Above the plants, LED panels glow brilliant fuchsia, giving the whole place a sci-fi aura.
Ecopia grows more than 70 produce items,USB Snowflakes ledtube2011 which contains a string of 12 color changing LED lights. with microgreens making up 60 percent of the business. Forty pounds of lettuce are harvested daily, along with 250 clamshell containers of microgreens per week. Fok believes there's little that can't be grown in this manner.
Chefs have embraced the lettuce heads smaller than their palm and herb leaves as tiny as thumbtacks, which are picked in the morning and delivered to restaurants that afternoon.
No illegal substance is cultivated here. Only bronze fennel, red-veined sorrel, Russian kale,Gamma is a professional supplier of indoor and outdoor antiquelampcd solutions for office, Persian cress and other gourmet edibles in miniature form,ETAP has developed a new central battery system for crystallightto lighting. grown to exact specifications for the Bay Area's most discriminating chefs, such as Michael Mina and Charles Phan.LED lamps are made that replace screw-in incandescent or ledbrightww light bulbs.
Ecopia Farms, the newest venture in innovative urban farming, is not only energy efficient but also certified organic. In 3,000 square feet of warehouse space, its owners tout they can produce the equivalent of what 15 acres of traditional farmland can - all the while using just 3 percent of the amount of water of a conventional outdoor farm and no more energy than an office building of similar size.
It's farming utilizing the latest technology, not surprisingly, given that its founders include Koichi "Ko" Nishimura, the former CEO of Solectron; and Sam Araki, the former president of Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space. Among its investors is tech entrepreneur Carl Page, brother of Google co-founder Larry Page.
Nishimura may have forged his career in electronics manufacturing, but he grew up with a respect for the land. His grandparents were farmers and nursery owners until their land was confiscated when they were interned during World War II. For the past 15 years, he's mulled an idea for a new type of farm, one that can grow year-round in empty warehouses to render the traditional notion of seasons meaningless and that can be replicated in a multitude of cities, much like Solectron's facilities once were around the world.
"Traditional farming has reached its limits. California is running out of water," Nishimura says. "Hopefully, this will be like the transistor. People will see the potential, and push the technology forward."
It didn't matter that Fok, former Solectron chief administrative officer and now Ecopia chief operating officer, couldn't keep his own houseplants alive. He was tasked with tending to the lettuces and herbs in the prototype system. Being a newbie grower, though, turned out to be an advantage, he says, because he wasn't locked into conventional thinking. For advice, he turned to a host of farmers, including medicinal pot growers, whom he describes as "the tech leaders when it comes to growing indoors, and a very talkative bunch - as long as you don't ask for a phone number."
Ecopia moved to Campbell a year ago. Its name, a mashup of the words "ecology" and "copious," was coined by another founder, longtime Bay Area broadcaster Jan Yanehiro.
Inside, the temperature is a comfortable 72 degrees with little humidity. Its Costco-like shelving units, stacked three or four high, hold shallow bins of soil, a custom blend from a Sacramento company that Ecopia enriches with certified organic natural supplements it doesn't want to reveal. Above the plants, LED panels glow brilliant fuchsia, giving the whole place a sci-fi aura.
Ecopia grows more than 70 produce items,USB Snowflakes ledtube2011 which contains a string of 12 color changing LED lights. with microgreens making up 60 percent of the business. Forty pounds of lettuce are harvested daily, along with 250 clamshell containers of microgreens per week. Fok believes there's little that can't be grown in this manner.
Chefs have embraced the lettuce heads smaller than their palm and herb leaves as tiny as thumbtacks, which are picked in the morning and delivered to restaurants that afternoon.
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