BUSINESS Looking for Funding to Upgrade Your Operation Controlled environment growers are working with utility companies, equipment manufacturers, and state and federal agencies to obtain funding to upgrade and build facilities that are more energy efficient and sustainable. BY DAVID KUACK W 16 hen Revolution Farms opened its 1-acre greenhouse facility in 2018 in Caledonia, Michigan, the company considered LED grow lights to be essential for year-round production of its hydroponic lettuce crops. The company grows eight different lettuce varieties that are sold to Meijer and SpartanNash grocery stores, as well as independent grocers and food service distributors Sysco, Gordon Food Service, and Van Eerden Foodservice. JANUARY 2023