GREEN THUMBS ON THE MYSTIC TWO ENTREPRENEURS EYE MEDFORD AS SITE FOR WATER-GROWN VEGGIES
The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) March 1, 1998 | Diana Brown, Globe Correspondent | Copyright Share LYNN -- Some cold winter day in the near future, Christos C. Mpelkas and Dwight "Shay" Collins envision people buying heads of leafy green lettuce, freshly picked from the lush pastures of an 8,000-square-foot building in Medford.
The deep green sprigs of 360,000 heads of lettuce would be near perfectly formed, unscathed by the whims of Mother Nature. They would likely grow faster, last longer on the grocery shelves, require less energy for shipping and pack a more potent nutritional punch.
"We're trying to put urban agriculture on the map," said Mpelkas of Lynn who has worked in the field for more than 30 years, developing lights to grow vegetables indoors year-round as …
GREEN THUMBS ON THE MYSTIC TWO ENTREPRENEURS EYE MEDFORD AS SITE FOR WATER-GROWN VEGGIES
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LYNN -- Some cold winter day in the near future, Christos C. Mpelkas and Dwight "Shay" Collins envision people buying heads of leafy green lettuce, freshly picked from the lush pastures of an 8,000-square-foot building in Medford.
The deep green sprigs of 360,000 heads of lettuce would be near perfectly formed, unscathed by the whims of Mother Nature. They would likely grow faster, last longer on the grocery shelves, require less energy for shipping and pack a more potent nutritional punch.
"We're trying to put urban agriculture on the map," said Mpelkas of Lynn who has worked in the field for more than 30 years, developing lights to grow vegetables indoors year-round as …