The global food system has a problem; it’ s designed for a world that no longer exists. We grow food in rural areas increasingly battered by droughts and extreme weather, then truck it thousands of miles to cities where most people actually live. By the time a strawberry reaches your supermarket, it’ s travelled an average of 2,000 miles and has a decent chance of rotting before you buy it. Plenty’ s Richmond, Virginia facility is proving there’ s a better way. The numbers tell the story: more than four million pounds of strawberries per year from less than 40,000 square feet.