[CPEO-BIF] Wellspring Harvest, Springfield, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Greenhouse Crops Will Come From A Former Brownfields Site 

By PAUL TUTHILL 
WAMC Public Radio (MA)
MAY 21, 2018 

The first worker cooperative commercial greenhouse in Massachusetts is about to begin production on what was once a badly contaminated industrial site in Springfield.

Lettuce with the label “Grown in Indian Orchard” will soon be in the produce aisles of some local stores and in salads made for cafeterias in public schools and hospitals.

Full production is expected to begin next month at Wellspring Harvest, the 15,000-square foot state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse built on a former brownfields site in Springfield’s Indian Orchard neighborhood.

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For the entire article, see
http://wamc.org/post/greenhouse-crops-will-come-former-brownfields-site-0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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