Local...
For several years now, we have been selling nearly 98% of our products locally within Arizona. Recently, though, weve been able to take local to the next level, beyond just how far the finished product has to travel to reach the customers table.In our non-veganic growing system, we grow our tomatoes in slabs that come from Sri Lanka and fertilizers that come mainly from Israel & Norway.In our veganic growing system, we grow in dirt in raised beds. For fertilizers, most of what we use comes from local sources tomato leaves from our own plants as well as straw, alfalfa & pinto beans that we get from other local farms. There are some plant products that we cant get locally here, so we get these materials from farms located within the US.Besides the local products that we use for growing, we also get the pecan shells that we use for heating our greenhouse from a local farm here in Arizona (read about it under the Bio-Mass Heating section). To us, local is part of connecting the farm and the table - of growing nutrient rich foods in an environmentally conscious & healthy way; its giving our customers the essence of local locally grown using mainly local materials.
For several years now, we have been selling nearly 98% of our products locally within Arizona. Recently, though, weve been able to take local to the next level, beyond just how far the finished product has to travel to reach the customers table.
In our non-veganic growing system, we grow our tomatoes in slabs that come from Sri Lanka and fertilizers that come mainly from Israel & Norway.
In our veganic growing system, we grow in dirt in raised beds. For fertilizers, most of what we use comes from local sources tomato leaves from our own plants as well as straw, alfalfa & pinto beans that we get from other local farms. There are some plant products that we cant get locally here, so we get these materials from farms located within the US.
Besides the local products that we use for growing, we also get the pecan shells that we use for heating our greenhouse from a local farm here in Arizona (read about it under the Bio-Mass Heating section).
To us, local is part of connecting the farm and the table - of growing nutrient rich foods in an environmentally conscious & healthy way; its giving our customers the essence of local locally grown using mainly local materials.
