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‘Here we grow’ – Tapestry Farms’ first harvest nears at freight farm

By: Dave Thompson|February 6, 2024
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    • Sonja Kinser, hydroponics manager for Tapestry Farms, on Monday, Feb. 5, holds some of the young vegetable plants being grown in a hydroponics container farm called a freight farm. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    It’s almost harvest time, and Sonja Kinser couldn’t be happier.

    That harvest will be 100 or so radish plants that are currently being grown in a 320-square-foot semi-truck container in the parking lot at the Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island.

    If all goes according to plan, that first harvest will happen in about two weeks…

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