THE GREAT INDOORS across 11 states . More than that , the company has always strived to innovate and learn from its mistakes and now has a crop yield that is 25 % better as a result of developing state-of-the-art techniques , which break down the production process into different stages , from nursery to maturation , to safeguard quality and reduce waste .
Shenandoah Growers ’ whole operation is also based around a sustainability platform which recycles rainwater and allows it to create its own nitrogen , thanks to proprietary techniques . Heydon says the root of such innovation was simply by learning from mistakes .
He explains : “ The innovation came from learning by looking at the history of the company and where we ’ ve had the greatest problems and challenges , and really thinking outside of the box about how we can improve that .
“ We run a whole gambit of different production systems : we have field production where we ’ re growing in organic fields ; we have low-tech greenhouses where maybe we just have a plastic greenhouse covering a field . We have hi-tech glass greenhouses , which offer a much higher level of climate control and have organic
‘ Shenandoah Growers has also had to adapt its supply chain to deal with the growth in production ’
grow systems to handle the plants inside the greenhouse . We have fullycontrolled , indoor , LED grow rooms .
“ We have all the different tools at our disposal to grow our products throughout the year , and it ’ s really a matter of using the best tool in the best situation .”
Shenandoah Growers ’ system and process is unique to the company and Heydon argues that each part
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