Randy Behre
Cedar Rapids, IA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
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Location:
Cedar Rapids
Industry:
Food Service/Restaurant
Year Founded:
2015
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Creation/Idea
Entity Type:
Limited Liability Company
Description:
Vertical, indoor, Aquaponics facility capable of first year growing 3000 heads of Organic lettuce per week, whole selling at 2.00 per head to local restaurants, grocery stores and to the (URL removed) will be doubling in size every year for 4 years,Fresh tillapia will be for sale after 9 months at 8.00 per lb growing several thousands of lbs of fresh (URL removed)king for a 500K investoment for a 20 % equity with a 3 year (URL removed)le system will be run by solar with a backup (URL removed)wing our own fingerlings thus saving time and (URL removed) growing indoors, we will grow 12 months out of the year, not being concerned by weather ex-cold,lack of rain, etc,We will NOT be using pesticides and can operate at 1/10 of the amount of water as a conventional farm,By being vertical. we can grow 6 times the amount of food in the same amount of space as a conventional outside farm!And we will reduce our carbon footprint by being local