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Farm Feature: Growing Opportunities

5/15/2019

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Last week Kim from Growing Opportunities in Alcalde, a town in the Espanola Valley, reached out after hearing about us from a friend. Growing Opportunities was founded by Steve Martin in 1999. Kim joined shortly after in 2003. Growing Opportunities’ 4 hydroponic greenhouses sit on their 7.5 acre farm where they grow heirloom & beefsteak tomatoes, and English cucumbers.

Steve grew up on a dairy farm, but was ready for a change. After doing some research he landed on the idea of hydroponic growing because of its efficiency. Hydroponic growing uses 10% of the water to yield 10 times the produce of crops grown in soil.  Hydroponic growing allows Steve & Kim to farm year-round, which means local tomatoes for you all year long!

They employ 5 folks full-time and hire seasonal employees for extra help during the summer months to prune, manicure, and harvest the cucumber and tomato plants. It’s a small but mighty operation and we’re so pumped to be working with a new local farm! You can find their produce at the Santa Fe, Taos, and Los Alamos Farmer’s Markets and at co-ops in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Santa Fe! Check then out at www.gotomatoes.net

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