The road from farm to market has never been so close: just 1 minute by elevator. And the farm's products are almost always "out of stock".
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| Green Sky Growers Farm in Winter Gardens, Florida, USA has applied a model combining fish farming and hydroponic plant growing in greenhouses. |
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| Built on the roof of a high-rise commercial building of about 1,000 square meters, Green Sky Growers has a total of 5 fish tanks, containing tens of thousands of fish, mainly tilapia, and growing a variety of plants such as: lettuce, rosemary, coriander, bell peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes... |
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| On the farm, symbiotic relationships are maintained and become the key to success. |
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| Fish waste is naturally converted from ammonia into nitrate fertilizer for plants. During this process, plants filter the water, removing toxic ammonia, providing clean water back to the aquarium. |
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| The greenhouse system is managed by software that measures and adjusts the internal environmental conditions. On warm, breezy mornings, the greenhouse software opens the shutters to let in fresh air. |
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| At noon, when the sun becomes more intense, the software automatically opens the shade system covering the greenhouse roof. And when the temperature exceeds the allowable threshold, the air conditioners will lower the water temperature to maintain a favorable environment for fish growth. |
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| Everything is handled automatically so the farm doesn't actually need much human labor. |
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| Ryan Chatterson, the farm manager, said Green Sky Growers always produces the highest quality products to serve a demanding market. The farm’s products are almost always “out of stock” because there are so many customers ordering them. |
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| It only took a minute by elevator for Green Sky Growers’ produce to be successfully delivered to the restaurants on the lower floors of the same building. The farm also supplies some nearby restaurants. |
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| “They called us to order but we didn’t have enough product. That’s fine, good products come naturally, we don’t need to advertise,” Ryan Chatterson proudly shared. |
According to Dan Viet
