BrightFarms has unveiled plans to build a multi-acre farm on 100,000ft2 of rooftop space in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, as a model for urban agriculture.
The state-of-the-art, hydroponic greenhouse will be the world’s largest rooftop farm, according to a press release from the company.
The rooftop farm is being built by BrightFarms in partnership with Salmar Properties, and will grow up to 1m lbs of local produce per year, including tomatoes, lettuce and herbs.
BrightFarms said the rooftop farm will be built on Federal Building #2, renamed Liberty View Industrial Plaza, an eight-story, 1.1m ft2 warehouse building.
Salmar Properties’ redevelopment of the building, coupled with BrightFarms’ visionary rooftop design, is part of the Bloomberg administration’s plan to revitalise Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront.
The rooftop farm will grow enough crops to meet the fresh produce consumption needs of up to 5,000 New Yorkers, create 25 full-time jobs, and prevent as much as 1.8m gallons of storm water from going into local waterways.
BrightFarms has also revealed that Best Yet Market has become the first US-based supermarket to stock BrightFarms local produce.
According to the company, Best Yet’s Manhattan store is now carrying BrightFarms’ Baby Spinach, Baby Arugula and Spring Mix, which are grown at BrightFarms' greenhouse, 35 miles away in Huntington, New York.
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