- The farm is to produce almost two million pounds of soil free leafy green vegetables, fruits and herbs each year.
Figure 53: Hydroponic technology
- The project aims at binging fresh, nutritious, pesticide and chemical free, locally grown and harvested food to the local markets of Newark. - In addition to this, the environment friendly project would also contain within it an economic perspective in the means of generating employment. - By the end of 2015, with the first phase of the project reaching its completion, the Project would seek to bring 78 new jobs to the city. - Apart from this project, aerofarms in partnership with the aforementioned project management groups, it would also seek to anchor the on-going ‗markers village‘ redevelopment project in Newark‘s Ironbound neighbourhood. - This redevelopment project is housed in an old converted steel factory. 74
