Bowery's CEO sits down with PA's secretary of Community and Economic Development

Recently Greg Capogna, in a Lehigh Valley Exclusive, sat down with Irving Fain, CEO and Founder of Bowery Farming, and Dennis Davin, Secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development, to discuss Bowery coming to Bethlehem, vertical farming, sustainable agriculture, the environment and jobs for the Lehigh Valley.

New York-based Bowery Farming is set to build its fourth and largest facility on the nearly 9-acre Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII site in south Bethlehem. The move is expected to create 70 new full-time jobs within the next three years. Bowery is the largest vertical farming company in the U.S.

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Source: WDIY

Publication date: Wed 6 Jan 2021

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