Free fuel changes what a greenhouse can afford to grow. Because the heat arrives already paid for, the crop list is a choice, not a gamble — and a designed share of it is promised before the first wholesale contract is signed.
Fresh berries in February — the crop that makes the whole idea legible in one bite. High value, high joy, impossible outdoors in a Virginia winter.
Tropical rhizomes that love exactly the steady warmth the loop provides. Nine-month crops that almost nobody grows fresh on the East Coast.
Oyster, lion’s mane, shiitake — short cycles, steady climate, restaurant demand year-round. The zone that turns plant waste into substrate.
Oranges under glass — the zone the public walks through, and the clearest argument that this is not a vegetable shed but a working piece of the community.
All three figures on the ticket are design targets† scaled to the flagship greenhouse — stated before a site is built, so you can hold us to them after.
The serving basis is the WHO daily fruit-and-vegetable recommendation. Per-crop economics depend on local market and operator — but none of it depends on a price premium that doesn’t exist. The farms that bet on premium pricing are in the graveyard; the input that bankrupted them is the one we don’t buy.
| Produce grown | ~300,000 lb / yr † |
| Servings | ~4,660 / day † |
| People fed daily | ~900, fruit & veg † |
| Season length | 365 days — never a season |
| Jobs held | 14–20 year-round † |
| Heat reused | ~3,000 MWh / yr † |
| Pantries | designed minimum share |
| Schools | farm-to-cafeteria lane |
| SNAP / EBT | market-stand access |
| Restaurants | chef-direct, picked that morning |
| Farmers markets | the stand with our name on it |
| Grocery | regional retail partners |
| Tours | the grove is public-facing |
| Education | school visits, workforce training |
| Gleaning | surplus goes to people, not piles |
Intelligent Farms is the employer on the campus — 14–20 year-round positions at flagship scale†, hired locally: growers, packers, drivers, educators. Twelve-month jobs, because it’s a twelve-month season.
We’re not hiring publicly yet — but when the first campus breaks ground, the jobs board will live right here.
