LOCAL.

When we started switching from being traditional greenhouse growers in which we sold all of our products to distributors across North America, we had no idea just how much of our product we would be able to sell locally or whether or not the idea would even work.

It didn’t take long though for it to catch on, & for the past several years, we’ve been selling nearly 98% of our products locally within Arizona.  We’ve been excited about how this has been able to make us a more sustainable company & to decrease the distance that our produce has to travel to our customer’s tables.

GREEN.

In order to reduce our use of fossil fuels, we recently installed a biomass boiler system. This boiler burns wood pellets that we make from locally grown waste pecan shells.

Not only is it better for the environment because we are no longer relying solely on fossil fuels for heating our greenhouse, but we are also using a local waste product that in the burning process doesn’t release any more carbon dioxide into the environment than if it were to decompose naturally, and the left over ash that comes from the burning process is re-used in our Veganic growing system to fertilize our plants.

VEGANIC.

Our journey to veganic growing has been a long one. We didn’t want to follow the tradtitional animal-based organic growing methods, it took years of researching just what combinations of plant materials would achieve the proper balance of nutrients in the soil. The system that we have developed involves growing plants in a more natural manner than most traditional greenhouse organic methods and uses plant fertilizers that we have created using local waste plant materials. We use our own plant waste products along with other local waste plant materials, & ash from our Bio-mass boiler.

STEPS.

Step by step we’ve been transitioning into a more environmentally friendly business.  We’re excited about the progress, but we’re not satisfied to stop where we’re at.  We’re always looking for more ways that we can become more sustainable.