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PROFILE
REVOLUTION FARMS
growing
Michigan
greens
REVOLUTION FARMS CONTINUES TO EXPAND GREENHOUSE
OPERATION, PROVIDING 'LOCAL' GREENS TO MIDWESTERNERS
By Zeke Jennings
Editor
MICHIGAN IS KNOWN for many
crops, but leafy greens isn't one of
them. Consumers in the Great Lakes
region who rely on store-bought
produce have traditionally bought
lettuce, leafy greens and bagged salads
grown in California or Arizona.
With a recent expansion that
added 2 acres (85,000 square feet)
of greenhouse growing space,
Revolution Farms, located just south
of Grand Rapids, is working toward
giving Midwesterners more options
for greens grown in the region. The
expansion has tripled the operation's
output capabilities to about 1.5 million
pounds a year.
Revolution Farms utilizes a Green
Automation automated gutter system
that allows greens, with the use of
hydroponics, to be planted, grown,
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" So, we feel much better about our
food safety. "
The expansion also has allowed
Revolution Farms to grow more
varieties. The company leans on its
seed suppliers for access to the latest
varieties that do well with its LED
lighting system.
" We've fine-tuned the greenhouse
aspect of growing, in terms of
harvested and processed all within
the greenhouse, which cuts down on
pathogen risk of outdoor growing.
" In other growing areas, they're
subject to other environmental
concerns, whether it be floods, fires or
whatever else, " said head grower Tam
Serage, who joined the company in late
2019. " Here, everything is grown and
processed indoors, so we have very
little chance of animal contamination.
We don't have deer or other creatures
running through here, like you would
out in the field.
environmental control, " Serage said.
" We are using different lights than we
have in the past, and we're growing
different varieties. We've gone to more
high-yielding varieties and varieties
that do better under LED lights and
indoor growing. "
Chief operat ing officer Dan
Vukcevich said the primary goals
were to increase plant density in
the facility without increasing labor
costs. More processing equipment was
required, but due to the automation,
little additional labor.

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