This state-of-the-art indoor farm is transforming Appalachia into an agricultural powerhouse
Story Date: 1/21/2021

 

Source: Adele Peters, FAST COMPANY, 1/19/21

Inside a sprawling new indoor farm near the small eastern Kentucky town of Morehead, the first harvest of tomatoes is being readied to ship to grocery stores across the country. For AppHarvest, the startup running the farm, it’s the next step in proving a new model for making our agriculture system more sustainable—and a way to bring new jobs to a region that has struggled as the coal industry collapsed.

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