Imagine you’re buying fish for dinner. You choose a tilapia that’s so fresh it was swimming around that same day – on a rooftop in your own neighborhood. And the herbs and veggies you purchase to cook with it came from that same rooftop farm, also within hours of harvest. That’s the vision of Verticulture Farms LLC, a Brooklyn startup that aims to bring healthy food and decent-paying jobs to urban neighborhoods through rooftop aquaponics farms that…
Something’s Fishy In Brooklyn: Verticulture Wants To Raise Tilapia On A Rooftop Near You
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