BrightFarms, Roundy’s partner to build hydroponic greenhouse
The Chicagoland Greenhouse will grow over 1 million pounds of the freshest salad greens, herbs and tomatoes per year for Mariano's Chicagoland stores.
BrightFarms, New York, in partnership with Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc., a Kenosha, Wis.-based division of Kroger, and Bright Farms’ primary customer, announced plans to build a hydroponic greenhouse in Rochelle, Ill. BrightFarms Chicagoland Greenhouse will grow over 1 million pounds of the freshest salad greens, herbs and tomatoes per year for Mariano's Chicagoland stores.
A model for the future of local, low-impact farming, the BrightFarms Chicagoland Greenhouse is said to be the most productive farm in the Chicagoland market, the most sustainable source of year-round baby greens and tomatoes in all of Illinois and among the most productive salad greens farms, per square foot, in the world. It will create permanent green collar jobs, significantly reduce food miles and improve the environmental impact of the food supply chain.