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Vertical farm to provide fresh herbs to retailers in Texas, Oklahoma

Texas-based vertical indoor farm Eden Green Technology announced Tuesday it has launched an herb program, aiming to supply fresh greenhouse herbs to retailers in Texas and Oklahoma.

Founded in 2017, Eden Green operates two 100,000-square-foot greenhouses in Cleburne, just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The company has been supplying greenhouse-grown romaine and butterhead lettuce to more than 400 stores in the region.

CEO Eddy Badrina said Eden Green Technology decided to launch the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vertical-farm-to-provide-fresh-herbs-to-retailers-in-texas-oklahoma

FreightWaves 3PL Summit: COVID-19 bruises complacent US food supply chain (with video)

FreightWaves interviews Kenny Lund

The U.S. food supply chain has become so efficient in recent years that grocery stores and their customers do not anticipate the sight of empty shelves. That image, however, was quickly shattered in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic when grocers, large and small, could not receive certain products fast enough to keep store shelves replenished. 

Across the country, television news reports showed surprising videos of panicked shoppers looking for food and sanitization products to no avail. 

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-3pl-summit-covid-19-bruises-complacent-us-food-supply-chain-with-video

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