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Love is often expressed in food, and wars have been fought over food scarcity. To feed the ones we love, healthy and delicious organic food can be available, year-round, from the arctic to the rainforest, from a HeartFoods Community Farm. Each farm is custom designed for location and crops, and will fall into two main categories:

1) The “Plug & Play” farm: These modular farms are ideal for quick set up and start-up at sites such as grocery stores, food banks, schools/universities, hospitals/assisted living, sports/music venues, large business campuses, and in community centers with restaurants and residential dwellings. They are built with modular components and typically feature a temperature controlled vertical farm grow room. Depending on the location and land availability, a greenhouse enclosure could also be used as the primary crop growing facility or built onsite in addition to the vertical grow room(s).

2) The aquaculture option: Seafood grown in recirculating aquaculture systems can be added within a greenhouse enclosure. The tanks feature an “aquaponics” design that recycles the water, nutrients, and CO2 from the seafood production to grow vegetables, and greens/herbs, within the high-tech greenhouse facility. The hydroponically grown food crops can also include vining vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and green beans within the tall greenhouse structure. The aquaculture option typically requires a larger property.

Here is a growing list of food crops that could be produced in a HeartFoods Community Farm:

Greens and Berries

Romaine lettuce
Kale
Arugula
Bok Choy
Mangold
Green oak leaf lettuce
Curly Endive
Iceberg lettuce
Spinach
Red Romaine lettuce
Green mizuna
Garden strawberry

Herbs

Basil
Perilla
Fennel
Thyme
Rosemary
Small-leaf basil
Dill
Mint

Microgreens (sprouts)

Red radish
Green radish
Cress
Red mustard
Pea
Onion
Sunﬂower

Vegetables

Cucumbers
Cherry tomatoes
Radish
Peppers
Green Beans

Edible ﬂowers

Nasturtium
Clove
Viola
Borage

Seafood Proteins

Barramundi
Tilapia
Shrimp

Plant-Based Proteins

Spirulina (blue-green algae)
Water Lentils (Duckweed)

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