VIDEO: Gotham Greens Ribbon-Cutting and Ceremonial "First Harvest" in Providence

VIDEO: Gotham Greens Ribbon-Cutting and Ceremonial "First Harvest" in Providence

Gotham Greens, a pioneer in indoor agriculture and a leading fresh produce and food company in Providence, had its official ribbon-cutting and "first harvest" on Thursday.

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Located at 555 Harris Avenue, Gotham Greens converted a former General Electric lighting factory into a 100,000 square foot, high-tech greenhouse located along Providence’s Woonasquatucket River. 

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The new indoor farm marks the company’s expansion into the New England market, enabling Gotham Greens to deliver a year-round supply of fresh, local produce to retail, restaurant and foodservice customers across the region. 

“Most of the fresh food you all consume — especially fresh produce -- spends an average of 3,000 miles to get your plate. That impacts freshness, flavor, nutrition, quality, and leads to waste. It’s also extremely inefficient and takes a toll on natural resources. Things will change this fall when this facility will start to produce over ten million heads of premium quality leafy green lettuce and herbs in the City of Providence,” said Gotham Greens Co-Founder and CEO Viraj Puri in March, when the facility was unveiled. 

“This facility will use state of the art proprietary indoor growing technology that uses a fraction of the land, a fraction of the water, and fraction of the energy compared to conventional commodity agri-business.”