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Vet Veggies Culitvates Hydroponic Farming Prospects

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich
Published October 1, 2019 at 2:56 PM CDT
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Vet Veggies founding farmer, Jerry Martin, stands in one of two LED ultraviolet-light drenched hydroponic growing facilities.
J. Froelich

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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Jacqueline Froelich
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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