Brightfarms Announces Plan to Build World’s Largest Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn

If all goes according to <a href="http://brightfarms.com/">BrightFarms</a>' ambitious new plan, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/brooklyn/">Brooklyn</a>, New York will soon be the home to the world's largest rooftop farm. The hydroponic greenhouse company announced last week that Sunset Park was chosen as the location for the future 100,000 square ft., multi-acre farm rooftop farm, which would be able to grow enough food to meet the fresh produce needs of 5,000 New Yorkers. Up until now, trying to find produce grown in Brooklyn yielded slim pickins' (though we know a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/brooklyn-grange-worlds-largest-rooftop-farm-kicks-off-second-growing-season/">few great spots</a>). The new facility will create 25 new full-time jobs and could change the business models of many local merchants by providing them with a producer that's just a few miles, or even a few blocks, away.

If all goes according to <a href="http://brightfarms.com/">BrightFarms</a>' ambitious new plan, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/brooklyn/">Brooklyn</a>, New York will soon be the home to the world's largest rooftop farm. The hydroponic greenhouse company announced last week that Sunset Park was chosen as the location for the future 100,000 square ft., multi-acre farm rooftop farm, which would be able to grow enough food to meet the fresh produce needs of 5,000 New Yorkers. Up until now, trying to find produce grown in Brooklyn yielded slim pickins' (though we know a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/brooklyn-grange-worlds-largest-rooftop-farm-kicks-off-second-growing-season/">few great spots</a>). The new facility will create 25 new full-time jobs and could change the business models of many local merchants by providing them with a producer that's just a few miles, or even a few blocks, away.

If all goes according to <a href="http://brightfarms.com/">BrightFarms</a>' ambitious new plan, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/brooklyn/">Brooklyn</a>, New York will soon be the home to the world's largest rooftop farm. The hydroponic greenhouse company announced last week that Sunset Park was chosen as the location for the future 100,000 square ft., multi-acre farm rooftop farm, which would be able to grow enough food to meet the fresh produce needs of 5,000 New Yorkers. Up until now, trying to find produce grown in Brooklyn yielded slim pickins' (though we know a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/brooklyn-grange-worlds-largest-rooftop-farm-kicks-off-second-growing-season/">few great spots</a>). The new facility will create 25 new full-time jobs and could change the business models of many local merchants by providing them with a producer that's just a few miles, or even a few blocks, away.