Strawberry Field Greens

03/02/2023

One of our customers shared this gorgeous salad including our tender kale. Always delivered within 24 hours of harvest (usually 6 hours!) so nutrient levels are at the max, so tender there’s no need to massage. All year long. Mmm!

12/13/2022

We are excited to be working with Peppergrass Market and Cafe at 2104 2 St. S. In Cranbrook, an East Kootenay food coop. Check them out! Great products, produce, and people. They’re fabulous!

02/02/2022

We are beyond proud to tell you that the fabulous Morchella Market and Café in Cranbrook uses our produce in deli salads and sandwiches, and offers our lettuces and greens for retail purchase as well. Morchella Market and Cafe is an absolute gem you must regularly visit if you care about great tasting food, nutrition, and community. https://www.morchellamarket.com/

Morchella Market & Cafe is here to serve the community. We believe in providing our shoppers with quality products as well as outstanding service. You will experience that we have a genuine love and passion for our patrons and our products, this will define who we are and what we do.

01/31/2022

Brrrr, it was cold in January!!! It was 25 below outside our farm several nights last month, but inside, these beauties were growing! We’re so excited to tell you where you can find our lettuces and greens. Hint: only in the very best markets and restaurants in Cranbrook and Kimberley. More to come! So exciting!

11/04/2021

So what is special about Strawberry Field Greens? The answers include health, delicious local food, and a sustainable earth. But let’s focus on that delicious food aspect for this post. This is an amazing recipe we encourage you to try if you are a lover of pesto. Now, we do love traditional pesto recipes that include basil, pine nuts and Parmesan, but this recipe is different, unexpected, and simply fabulous. It includes crops we grow - arugula, cilantro, and jalapeño. Delicious and nutritious, how can you beat that? Give it a try, and let us know what you think!

Creamy, tasty avocado pesto pasta with just the right amount of spice. Healthy, nut-free, and ready in less than 20 minutes! Perfect for quick dinners.

10/30/2021

And… Touchdown! And in the last photo you can see a bit of the equipment - water tank, nutrient tanks, reverse osmosis system, fans. For you engineering types, there will be more on the mechanics of this to come in future posts.

10/30/2021

Yikes! It was something to watch, and just a little nerve wracking, but the pros knew what they were doing.

10/30/2021

So, here’s a little bit about our hydroponic farm. Most people think of farms as land, soil, greenhouses, etc. Believe it or not, our high tech farm is inside a retrofitted shipping container. We researched over several years where to purchase. We ended up choosing a firm called Farm Box located near Denver, Colorado. Our farm traveled from Denver to Wasa, and arrived September 17. (Gwen Wellington, you’ll appreciate the truck that hauled her up here!) As you can see, her arrival involved a crane to lift her off the bed of the truck and into place on our property.

10/27/2021

Wow! We just want to shout a huge thank you to all you wonderful people for liking our page. Some of you even shared it with your friends, which is amazing. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for your encouragement, and helping us get established online!

I am attaching a photo of Mike, our (big) kid-who-loves-to grow-things. This picture was taken when we were first setting up the “farm.” Behind Mike are three very long “grow walls,”which will accommodate over 4,100 plants at a time. Each grow wall has a light wall on either side. The walls are movable. Can’t wait to explain more about how the system works in future posts. But for now, we are SO grateful for all of you!

10/26/2021

We’re super excited to introduce you to Strawberry Field Greens! This story started 60 years ago in Ohio when a little boy had his own backyard garden patch. When he grew up, he became a psychologist, but his love of growing never waned. He studied vertical hydroponic indoor farming and was intrigued by growing high nutrient produce locally, 12 months a year, even in harsh winter conditions in Alaska and Canada. He brought his professional and personal interests together when he helped launch Alaska Seeds of Change in Anchorage in 2016.

Now in 2021, Strawberry Field Greens is launching in the East Kootenays of British Columbia. We are a year-round, vertical hydroponic farm using state-of-the-art technology, growing the highest quality fresh produce, without pesticides or herbicides, using only non-GMO seeds, and we deliver within 24 hours of harvest.

There’s more to come on this story! We’ll show you our high-tech farm, including its momentous arrival in little Wasa, BC. We’ll say more about why this approach to sustainable local food is so important to our health and our planet. We’ll show you how it works, where you’ll find our freshest greens, herbs, and berries, and we’ll share “nutritarian” recipes too!

Eat well, be well!

Our best,
Mike and June