CLIMATE CHANGE IS without doubt one of the biggest issues facing global agriculture right now and in the years to come , and although there is no one-size-fits-all answer , some crop growers will be developing techniques which they hope can help fight global warming and its effects .
One such company is Shenandoah Growers , a certified organic grower of fresh flavor products using cuttingedge indoor farming technology . The company is the United States ’ market leader for fresh herbs .
The company was started in Harrisonburg , Virginia , by Mike Sarko and Ken Koehn ( along with Ken ’ s wife Diane ) back in 1989 and operated at a local level for a number of years before Ken sadly passed away in the mid-1990s . Soon after , current CEO Tim Heydon joined Shenandoah Growers as part of a student project while studying his MBA at the nearby James Madison University .
Heydon describes himself as “ passionate about healthy , organic eating ” and reached a deal to buy the company from Sarko in 1998 . Since then it has grown from having 20 employees to employing over 1,200 people , operating at 14 locations
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