Costa Rica Agricultural Greenhouse

SAMTEC COSTA RICA

AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE

Samtec Costa Rica has its own agricultural greenhouse! Starting this year, in the Samtec Costa Rica dining room, Associates enjoy agricultural products produced within their facilities. This idea was born in November 2020 as a project to take advantage of the physical space available in the surroundings of the company and achieve self-sufficiency of agricultural products for the Associates.

After analyzing the planting area, the products to be cultivated and the sustainable management of the greenhouse, the project was approved and the construction of 100 square meters was carried out for the cultivation of tomatoes and lettuce.

The greenhouse is a modular structure covered in antiaphid material (anti-predator defenses). It consists of 3 planting cradles for lettuce and 80 tomato pots, which provide a weekly harvest of 180 heads of lettuce and 40 kilos of tomatoes. The structure has an automated irrigation system and dosing tanks for the fertilization of the product.

In addition, it was built using techniques free of agrochemicals in a protected environment in harmony with nature. We thank Samtec for proposing and making this project a reality.