Last week, staff at Brooke Point High School in Stafford County enjoyed a salad of butterhead and romaine lettuces with cucumbers, tomatoes and made-from-scratch dressing, all prepared by the schoolâs culinary arts students.
âIt was honestly the best lettuce Iâve ever had in my life,â said Brooke Point Principal Tim Roberts. âYou could tell how fresh it was.â
The greens were fresh because they had been harvested the day before from the vertical farm installed at the end of March by Babylon Micro-Farms, a Richmond-based company that designs and builds smart indoor vertical farming systems.
Brooke Point High School Principal Tim Roberts talks about the school's indoor, vertical garden.