The Economic Development Bank’s special financing program is helping support advanced farming methods and creating jobs. #NewsismyBusiness
Grupo Vesán also harvests different types of lettuce, such as kale, sala nova, romaine, tropicana and American.
The farm currently has hydroponic structures spanning 14,000 square feet, built to cultivate recao and distribute some 2,000 packs several times a week.
The Puerto Rico Techno Economic Corridor inaugurated Growponics, a high-technology hydroponic nursery in Isabela following an investment of more than $1.6 million in its first phase, and creating eight direct jobs. The project, designed for planting and harvesting green vegetables, is part of the Finca Explora ecosystem, the island’s first agro-technological incubator located in the […]
Agriculture Secretary Carlos Flores announced the recent expansion of the F&F Hydroponics agricultural project in Ciales, with a contribution of $250,000 from the agency’s Farm Investment Program, adding 13 new jobs to the agricultural region of Utuado. The project that specializes in growing a variety of the “salanovas” lettuce variety in structures featuring a controlled […]
Agency Secretary Manuel Laboy explained the money comes from the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co.’s Special Economic Development Fund.
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