SUN JOURNAL • August 22, 2022
Unlike traditional Maine farms, Vertical Harvest’s towering 68-foot urban hydroponic garden uses no soil and will be able to grow produce year-round. In its first year, Yehia estimates that will amount to 2.6 million pounds. Food wholesaler Native Maine will supply the microgreens to local restaurants and grocery stores. But Sarah Alexander, the executive director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, or MOFGA, who worries that “Farmers are very concerned about the disruption of the relationships they have built with wholesale and restaurant markets.”