Vertical farming is in Boston

Vertical farming is in Boston
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It’s peak strawberry season in Massachusetts. But after mid-July, you won’t be able to find any fresh, locally-grown ones in the Bay State.

Unless you’re buying berries that were vertically farmed.

“Not just Massachusetts-specific, but in this part of the country, no matter how much money you pay, you just don’t have access to fresh [picked] produce — [except] maybe, for a month or two, during the summertime,” Hiroki Koga, co-founder and CEO of Oishii, the world’s largest vertical strawberry farm company with grow facilities in New Jersey.

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