by Grower Direct Farms | Aug 22, 2022 | Sustainability
The future of farming is predictable and volatile at the same time. The agricultural and farming industry has gone through many changes over recent generations. Small family farms have been taken over and managed by larger ones. The introduction of technology has...
by Grower Direct Farms | Aug 17, 2017 | News, Sustainability
UConn Extension visited Grower Direct Farms, a wholesale commercial greenhouse in Somers with UConn Vice Provost Mun Choi and Dean Weidemann of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
by Grower Direct Farms | Jul 31, 2017 | Sustainability
An 18-acre greenhouse in Somers, Conn., has reduced its annual heating costs by 70 percent by switching out its old oil burners for a new biomass boiler system. During the process, the family-owned company has learned a great deal about the wood fuel supply chain....
by Grower Direct Farms | Jul 25, 2017 | Sustainability
Grower Direct Farms is a family-owned company in Somers, Connecticut, established in 1981 by Leonard van Wingerden. Nowadays Grower Direct Farms has grown to a total of 1.100.000 sq ft of indoor growing space and 8 acres of outdoor growing space. Throughout the years...
