Innovative farm in Virginia can grow 4 million pounds of strawberries on less than an acre

Innovative farm in Virginia can grow 4 million pounds of strawberries on less than an acre
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Question: If the average American eats 8 pounds of strawberries a year, and an average strawberry farm yields approximately 20,000 pounds of berries per acre, how many people could a 200-acre strawberry field yielding 4 million pounds of strawberries feed?Don't worry, you don't have to do the math. The answer is 500,000 people. But what if that same 4-million-pound crop, providing enough strawberries for half a million people, could be grown on just one acre instead of 200? It's possible. You just have to go—or rather grow—up, up, up.Indoor vertical farm company Plenty Unlimited knows a lot...
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