The first time I heard the pitch for Vertical Harvest in Jackson, Wyoming, I could barely grasp the idea. A vertical greenhouse on the side of a parking garage? Hydro-pon-what? It was 2009, the Great Recession was in full swing, and “local food” in the Tetons consisted of beef, potatoes, garlic, foraged huckleberries, and whatever greens could survive in a climate where snowstorms have been recorded every day of the year.
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Co-founder of Vertical Harvest, Caroline Croft Estay.
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Vertical Harvest’s facade on the south side of a downtown parking garage in Jackson, Wyoming.
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Rows of live lettuces along the vertical glass wall.
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Vertical Harvest is the architectural brainchild of co-founder, Nona Yehia.
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A “leaning and lowering” system eliminates the use for ladders to harvest tomatoes.
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Pictured from left, Michele Dennis, Nathan Watson, Andrea Estay and Destiny Kennington.
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Vertical Harvest engages staff with weekly meetings called a “boost.”
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Vertical Harvest grows a wide variety of microgreens, petite greens, live lettuces, cherry tomatoes and edible flowers.
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