Aug 18, 2022Square Roots opens largest facility with Gordon Food Service
Square Roots and Gordon Food Service recently celebrated their largest indoor farm to date, taking another step in their journey to build indoor farms together across North America.
The Kenosha, Wis., facility has the capacity to produce more than 2.4 million packages of fresh leafy greens and herbs annually.
“By partnering with Square Roots, we are delivering on our intentions to make locally grown, nutritious produce available to all our customers, regardless of the local climate or time of year,” said Rich Wolowski, CEO of Gordon Food Service, said in the release.
Located at the Gordon Food Service distribution center in Kenosha, Square Roots grows a wide variety of herbs, microgreens and salad mixes. Square Roots produce is available at retail stores across Wisconsin and Illinois, including Gordon Food Service Stores, as well as Gordon Food Service customer restaurants, and on e-commerce platforms. Square Roots is addressing the $37.3 billion total packaged produce category at retail, according to the news release.
The Kenosha farm was deployed using Square Roots’ modular, smart-farm technology platform. To manage the farm, Square Roots uses proprietary, cloud-connected software to constantly monitor and control multiple climates, enabling its farmers to grow a wide range of crops to meet local market needs.
Square Roots also operates commercial-scale indoor farms in Michigan, New York, and Ohio.
Photo at top: Square Roots Kenosha Associate Grower, Shelby Sanderson, harvests cilantro at the indoor farm in Wisconsin. PHOTOS: Square Roots