St. John's company Aera Farms is hoping to take the restaurant industry by storm — or mist. Aera's farming appliance, Victory, started with a Tupperware container and lights in Shawn and Amy Fisher's basement. Now, it looks much like a refrigerator.
The product can grow leafy greens and root vegetables through aeroponics, meaning the roots are suspended in the air and are sprayed by mist. The husband and wife team say the method is a sustainable way to produce food at a constant rate.
"You can grow more yield and variety than any other solution in a Victory farming appliance," said co-founder Shawn Fisher. The product's website says it can yield up to 64 kilograms of produce every month, if it's harvested every day.
Amy Fisher says daily harvests are possible because the seed pods auto-germinate, powered by special software. The marketing expert said the software detects what nutrients the crops need, and adjusts the system's temperature and moisture accordingly.
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