A vertical farming operation that would be supported by renewable energy is being planned for the former Crawford Furniture Atlas building. Ramsay Agriculture purchased the building at 41 Winsor Street as well as a building at 65 River Street. The company is currently stabilizing the Winsor Street facility and has already put $250,000 into the site.
Project Leader Ross Ramsay and Dr. Larry Cosenza provided information about the project to the Jamestown Local Development Corporation.
Cosenza said the company really produces energy, "One form is food, a second form is renewable natural gas.. rng, and the third is electricity. And to date we've had the backing of the BPU (Jamestown Board of Public Utilities) and other entities in the area to provide us with inputs to make the operation work and we have a variety of people to buy the outputs to make it a company."
Cosenza said they will be involved in innovative energy production via anaerobic digestion, "This has a really positive environmental impact. We're diverting organic waste streams away from landfills. I think a lot of landfills are closing up for a variety of reasons. So, we divert that material and that material becomes our feed stock and in some cases may be an additional revenue stream because there's some tipping fees we can charge to ensure proper handling of the material."
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