The Packer: On tour with AeroFarms

The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, goes on a virtual tour with Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms at one of their largest U.S. commercial indoor, vertical farms.

Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms, gives The Packer's Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, a virtual tour of a large commercial facility.
Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms, gives The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, a virtual tour of a large commercial facility.
(Photo by Amy Sowder)

Have you ever wanted to go on a tour of an urban, vertical indoor farm?

Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms, an indoor greens grower using aeroponics and other technology, doesn’t allow the public inside its commercial growing spaces, but you can visit virtually now: The company opened its doors exclusively for The Packer.

The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, goes on a virtual tour with Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer, at one of the ag-tech company’s largest U.S. commercial farms.

See how the greens grow and what it’s like inside in real time.

For more AeroFarms news:

AeroFarms hires these new executives

AeroFarms wins BIG innovation award

AeroFarms wins an EDIE sustainability award

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