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For folks in the Northeast US, the Backyard Farms brand of tomatoes has a similarly fascinating growing process[1]. They're grown in greenhouse in Maine that's

For folks in the Northeast US, the Backyard Farms brand of tomatoes has a similarly fascinating growing process[1]. They're grown in greenhouse in Maine that's the size of 20 football fields[2]. There are no pests and therefore no pesticides; no dirt, so no washing. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/dining/31tomato.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/dining/31tomato.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_Farms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_Farms

mjhoy 10y ago
It's a crazy building in the middle of nowhere, central Maine, about file miles away from where I grew up. I bike by it when visiting home and it's wonderfully strange. There have been pests, though: http://www.pressherald.com/2013/07/10/whiteflies-force-backyard-farms-to-destroy-crop_2013-07-10/ http://www.pressherald.com/2013/07/10/whiteflies-force-backy...