MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) – Another addition to the area’s industrial agriculture sector, ground broke Tuesday on a 63-thousand square-foot indoor growing facility that will make Mankato the Midwest hub for microgreens.
Microgreens are small veggies harvested just a few weeks after planting, and have become increasingly popular in higher-end restaurants and other food providers.
Verdant Organics hopes the $13.6-million facility will be up and running within a year with sixty growing rooms and a workforce of fifty staff members, cementing another pillar in southern Minnesota’s ag industry…