Vet Veggies Culitvates Hydroponic Farming Prospects

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published October 1, 2019 at 2:56 PM CDT

Vet Veggies founding farmer, Jerry Martin, stands in one of two LED ultraviolet-light drenched hydroponic growing facilities.

Vet Veggies in Springdale, a veteran-owned enterprise, provides fresh leafy green hydroponic-grown vegetables and herbs year-round to Northwest Arkansas restaurants and grocers. The company is a proving ground for sustainable climate-controlled freight shipping container vegetable farming.

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