The little hydroponic farm, dubbed BeatBox Farms, had its first harvest in April after a few trial-and-error sessions
Tucked behind Vital Root restaurant, in a couple of parking spaces, a 320-square-foot shipping container is producing the same amount of veggies as a 2.5-acre farm.
Instead, Cucci and his employees started a small-scale garden in the restaurant’s backyard, at 3915 Tennyson St., operated a micro-green grow room and rented plots of dirt around town to grow their own herbs and vegetables. In the end, though, “It probably cost us three times more than the market price,” Cucci said. “Arugula was usually $6 a pound and ours probably cost $15 a pound. It’s just the labor, plus we weren’t as efficient at it in comparison to larger operations.
. Cori Hunt, a longtime line cook at RootDown is the restaurant’s resident farmer. Cucci said they expect to harvest 120 pounds of veggies and greens weekly, including red Russian kale, arugula, tatsoi, mustard greens, watercress, basil, cilantro and dill. The restaurant group is using the hydroponic farm to grow its own greens and veggies, including red Russian kale, arugula, tatsoi, mustard greens, watercress, basil, cilantro and dill.
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