Contentful ID
76e836d5-8633-d010-ec1d-aa6c48bb9807-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
Square Roots is a privately held seed-to-sales urban farm founded in 2016 which sells pesticide-free, non-GMO herbs grown in indoor, vertical farms in Brooklyn. The farms use a water-efficient hydroponic growing system housed in repurposed shipping containers and are cloud connected to provide data, insights and tools to be used in producing high quality produce. This allows the company to grow its hand harvested, self packaged produce within the neighborhoods where it is sold. The company also operates the Square Roots Next-Gen Farmer Training Program.Square Roots offers resident entrepreneurship programs in farming through climate-controlled, indoor and hydroponic vertical farms.
Entity Name
Square Roots
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
"Human-centered farming technology" that provides farmers with data, insights, and tools to enable them to grow food year-round, using the fewest resources possible. They have a water-efficient vertical, hydroponic growing system for their farms that are housed inside of refurbished shipping containers.
Technology Name
Water-efficient hydroponic growing systems and proprietary refurbished shipping containers