Sundrop Farms [1] built a 40Ha seawater greenhouse facility in Australia with investment from KKR. They managed to get multi-year fixed pricing due to the undersupply of quality tomatoes in the region. This is pretty much unheard of in the industry. The facility was sold in 2019 [2]. The original inventor is a fellow British fellow, Charlie Paton [3] - he's a great guy and helped us get to know the greenhouse industry when we were starting out.

A lot more high-tech greenhouses need to be built. They are a great solution for supplying high-quality, locally-grown food, with minimal pesticides and resilience to extreme weather caused by climate change. They have the same benefits as vertical farms but with higher efficiency - especially for crops like tomatoes and berries.

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Find out more about what we're doing here: youtu.be/LDJ_QdUaap4

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[1]: https://www.sundropfarms.com [2]: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9104623/new-owners-for-su... [3]: https://seawatergreenhouse.com/team