AeroFarms hosted a facility tour and meet and greet featuring Co-founder and CEO David Rosenberg and Co-founder and CMO Marc Oshima joined by Matt Lohr, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry. Areas of the process that were explained included growing, sanitation, harvesting, packaging and shipping. The new facility is projected to open in summer 2022.
The Virginia Tech-IALR Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center on IALR’s campus is poised for collaborative opportunities in the future with this leading indoor farming and food production company. According to the Fourth Quarter 2021 edition of the Virginia Economic Review, published by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, “David Rosenberg, founder and CEO of New Jersey-based AeroFarms, cited IALR as a major reason why his company chose to build its largest indoor vertical farm to date in Cane Creek Centre.”
AeroFarms is a world leader in indoor vertical farming. Their patented, award-winning technology provides the perfect conditions for healthy plants to thrive, taking agriculture to a new level of precision, food safety, and productivity while using up to 95% less water and no pesticides versus traditional field farming.
Caption: L-R: AeroFarms Co-founders Marc Oshima and David Rosenberg share updates before leading tours of their new Danville-Pittsylvania indoor vertical farm, one of the largest under construction.
