Hippo Harvest
Hippo Harvest, a Pescadero, California company, grows USDA-certified organic leafy greens in greenhouses managed by autonomous robots and machine learning.
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2019Hippo Harvest, a Pescadero, California company, grows USDA-certified organic leafy greens in greenhouses managed by autonomous robots and machine learning.
Hippo Harvest grows USDA-certified organic leafy greens in controlled-environment greenhouses using autonomous mobile robots and machine learning. Its growing systems use roughly 92 percent less water, 55 percent less fertilizer, and 94 percent less land than conventional field agriculture.
A closed-loop, direct-to-root fertilizer system feeds each plant precisely, and beneficial insects and peppermint oil replace synthetic pesticides. Growing close to consumers extends shelf life and cuts transport emissions versus field-grown produce.
Source: aboutamazon.com
Hippo Harvest is scaling controlled-environment agriculture for indoor-grown organic greens, expanding from its first commercial-scale greenhouse toward a 30-acre facility in Hollister, California, now in permitting.
The company is also commercializing indoor-grown spinach and broadening its West Coast and national retail distribution as it deploys next-generation robotic growing systems funded by its Series C round.
Source: prnewswire.com
Hippo Harvest sells USDA-certified organic leafy greens, including Spinach, Arugula, Spring Mix, Butter Lettuce, Crispy Leaf, 5050 Blend, Baby Kale, and Baby Romaine, grown in robotic, machine-learning-controlled greenhouses in Pescadero, California.
Its greens are sold through retail buyers including Sprouts, Haggen and Albertsons, Gus Community Markets, and Amazon Fresh, distributed across Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Source: hippoharvest.com