Hydroponic tomato grower expands with 75 new jobs in our backyard

October 19th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Business & Innovation, Creative Economy, Issue 23

Governor John Baldacci and Backyard Farms CEO Roy Lubetkin pick vine ripened hydroponic tomatoes. “You’re making Maine a leader in agriculture with this first-of-a-kind greenhouse,” said the governor.
Governor John Baldacci and Backyard Farms CEO Roy Lubetkin pick vine ripened hydroponic tomatoes. “You’re making Maine a leader in agriculture with this first-of-a-kind greenhouse,” said the governor.
Mother Nature can do as she pleases; the weather won’t stop tomatoes growing and ripening at Backyard Farms in Madison. The state-of-the-art greenhouses modulate the temperature consistently to be between 72 and 76 degrees. The tomatoes ripen in the sun, but if that’s lacking UV lights are used.

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