City leaders are looking to make way for a fast-growing South Dakota company to produce indoor crops in Mitchell.
Through a hydroponic method, DGI Feeds grows indoor crops and nutrient-rich grasses that are then broken down into horse feed. The Renner, South Dakota-based company, is eyeing a Mitchell building as a site to set up a production facility for their horse feed products.
Craig Livingston, a representative of DGI, spoke to the city's Planning and Zoning Commission about the indoor crop production process they use to make the horse feed.
"We're looking at leasing a building on Langdon Street and putting seven pieces of our grow system. We would then be growing, hydroponically, barley grass," Livingston said.
Although DGI Feeds' plan to transform a vacant building in south-central Mitchell into a production site has some city leaders eager to welcome a new business, the city's zoning codes lack specific language for indoor crop growing.
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