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Rhode Island Grows breaks ground on new indoor tomato farming facility
Schartner Farms will soon be the home of the largest indoor tomato farming facility in the Northeast, according to the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Rhode Island Grows, a produce company that’s headquartered on the Exeter farm, kicked off its new tomato project during a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday.
The $57 million facility, according to the DEM, will take approximately eight months to build, and the initial crops will be ready for harvesting at least four months after that.
The DEM said the solar-powered facility will utilize hydroponics technology and the crops will be irrigated by captured rain water. Since the indoor facility will be climate-controlled, it will allow for year-round tomato production and more than 80 full-time jobs.
The couple died after their sailboat overturned, according to officials.
Investigators are trying to figure out how a boat outing on a nice spring day turned into tragedy.
“She kept my family together and she was the glue of my family,” Savannah Carey told ABC6 News.
Carey said she spoke with her grandmother, Luann Carter Cole, 66, just a day before her body was found in the water.
“They were just going to be there for a couple of hours and leave,” Carey said.
Cole’s boyfriend, Robert Puchta, 62, was also found dead in the water.
Carey describes the pair as the perfect match. They were adventurous, active, and always looking for a challenge.
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