Big farm mobile harvest greenhouse6/16/2023 The leafy greens are grown out to harvest in 28 days. While Revolution Farms’ greens are in several different chains of stores, the operation in early summer celebrated a milestone in its relationship with Meijer, a chain of 262 stores in the Midwest that’s based in Grand Rapids. “That’s a huge part of why we’ve been able to earn the Meijer business.” “We’ve been able to demonstrate that,” Hartwig says. Promotional opportunities are available at grocery stores, who favor growers who can produce consistently year-round. “The retailers are opening up their stores for consumer education,” he says. ![]() He is an advocate for what the produce industry calls consumer education - telling the story of exactly how their fruits and vegetables are being grown in this case, hydroponically and in the Midwest, harvested just a day or two before hitting store shelves. Hartwig, who has been with Revolution Farms for nearly a year, came to the company with experience selling to big-box retailers. He’s worked as head grower at farms in Maryland and Delaware, as well as roles at farms in Alabama and Saudi Arabia, and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in horticulture from Virginia Tech.Īn automated system packs gutters with peat media and plants them with lettuce seeds. A career grower, Tam has more than 25 years of practical experience in production of organic herbs, microgreens and ornamentals. Head grower Tammam “Tam” Serage in late 2019 came to Revolution Farms from Shenandoah Growers in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Our revolution begins at home, by growing closer to where we live, more sustainably, with less water and land, and figuring out how to accomplish this in Michigan all year long,” Green says. “We launched Revolution Farms to change the world by changing the way we grow food. ![]() In addition to Revolution Farms and Founders, Green also keeps up roles with Libby Wines and Cirkul, a flavored water company. Revolution Farms CEO John Green is involved with many companies in West Michigan - perhaps the most well-known is the Founders Brewing Co., of which he served as executive chairman for more than a decade. ![]() THE PEOPLE The seeding benches for the older section of the greenhouse at Revolution Farms.
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