A newly launched modern farming company,鲍里, is growing what they call the world’s first “post-organic” produce. Their concept breaks from traditional agricultural practices by growing plants indoors in vertical rows without any pesticides. With the help of proprietary technology, Bowery can closely monitor the growth of their crops and meticulously manage the resources needed. More than 80 types of crops are currently being grown at the company’s farm in Kearny, New Jersey, and they are selling several types of greens and herbs in stores in the New York region.
这idea for the company spawned when co-founder and CEO Irving Fain discovered a promising trend in LED lighting cost and efficiency that could improve indoor farming. “The pricing of LED lights dropped dramatically a little over 5 years ago,” Fain says. “We’ve also seen the efficiency more than double. What makes this even more exciting is that research suggests that this trend will continue. This means that not only are LED’s a viable solution for indoor farming today, but this solution continues to scale out in the future.”
Fain补充说：“虽然传统的农业方法浪费了我们的未来粮食供应，但室内农业的进步使得解决了广泛的农业问题成为可能。”他与联合创始人戴维·戈德（David Golden）和布莱恩·法尔瑟（Brian Falther）合作，创立了鲍里（Bowery）。
Fain说：“农业在全球范围内消耗70％的可用水，仅在美国，我们每年就使用超过7亿磅的农药。”“鲍里正在努力改变这一点。”随着人口的增长，FAIN和他的团队认为，他们的公司可以提供更有效的食物，以帮助满足全球日益增长的需求。这U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports到2050年，这种粮食生产将需要增加70％的粮食才能养活23亿人。
Bowery的模型始于非转基因种子，这些种子在室内生长环境中种植在垂直行中，以优化空间并消除土壤的需求。根据公司的说法, Bowery’s system is more than 100 times more productive on the same footprint of land. FarmOS, a technology system built by the Bowery team, allows crops to grow year-round, at a faster rate, and using 95-percent less water than traditional agriculture. FarmOS creates ideal conditions using automation, LED lighting that mimics the sun, and a 24-hour monitoring to ensure a reliable yield without wasting resources.
Fain称这些“有机后”作物是农产品的下一个进化。与可能利用有机害虫管理产品的有机产品不同，Bowery农作物根本不使用任何农药。
鲍里（Bowery）过程的另一部分是将农产品靠近消费点增长。他们在Kearny的农场目前分发给纽约市的觅食者市场地点，计划扩展到三州地区的全食品。Bowery产品还在纽约市的Tom Colicchio的餐厅，手工艺品和Fowler＆Wells中使用。这种接近性可确保在采摘的一天，即新鲜度和风味的高峰时，农产品将在一天之内到达商店和餐馆。该公司计划遵循同一型号的未来农场。
Bowery的包装蔬菜起价为3.49美元。Fain说：“随着我们的扩展，我们计划降低成本并以使其所有人更容易获得的价格提供最高质量的产品。”现在可用的产品包括羽衣甘蓝混合物，婴儿羽衣甘蓝，罗勒，芝麻菜，黄油生菜和混合蔬菜。其他物品将很快提供。
鲍里has been in the works for more than two years now, but their official launch on February 23, 2017, marks their formal introduction to consumers. “We’re very proud of the work we’ve done and are excited for consumers to learn more about what Bowery is doing to address some of the complex issues in agriculture,” Fain says.
