Edible Beats, a Denver-based restaurant group, installed a container farm by FarmBox in the backyard of their plant-based staple, Vital Root.
Coined BeatBox Farms, the farm fits perfectly into the Edible Beats family, where a love of music and sustainability are at the forefront of every initiative. This specific initiative is a step towards providing all of their restaurants, including Root Down, Vital Root, Linger, El Five, and Ophelia’s, with their own homegrown fresh produce, adding to their over 50% locally sourced ingredients within Colorado.
The 320-square-foot container farm has the capability to grow 7,800 plants at once. Expecting to harvest 120 lbs of veggies and greens weekly, they will be growing a variety of produce: Red Russian Kale, Runaway Arugula, Tat Soi, Hon Soi, Wasabina Mustard Greens, Scarlet Frills Purple Mustard Greens, Watercress, Basil, Cilantro and Dill.
At the helm, Edible Beats FarmBox Cultivator and AgriCULTURist Cori Hunt has had a rich history in the culinary and farming world. After working in Central Illinois to start the first Farm/Restaurant collaboration, Epiphany Farms, Cori says, “I have witnessed the better path first hand. Now I strive to help spread the word of this better path and align myself with like-minded people and groups. That led me to Edible Beats, who have been on the frontlines of this concept in Denver since the conception of Root Down.”
With a daily consumption of roughly $20 in energy and only 4 gallons of water per day. Cori shares, “Together, we are attempting yet again to break as many molds as possible, pick up the pieces and build a better future.”
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