TECHNOLOGY
works just like a docking station , with the cart sliding right into the grow stall . The system works very well for us and it ’ s in commercial use . We ’ re selling significant quantities out of it at a good margin . It ’ s viable , it ’ s working well and as a result we ’ re replicating it . We ’ ll continue building them at all of our sites across the country .”
The business ’ s success comes as no surprise given the effort that has been put into technological development and innovation ; all to benefit the product and increase efficiency . Breaking up the production cycle , in particular , has allowed the company to move from a horizontal to a vertical plane and that ’ s increased capacity at each site by 50 %.
With that though , comes some other additional challenges . Shenandoah Growers has also had to adapt its supply chain to deal with the growth in production .
Heydon continues : “ When we looked at expanding our production across the United States , we looked at the capital requirement to build a full facility of greenhouses , indoor
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