Massive sustainable eco-farm harvests first crop

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This is a massive indoor eco-farm, and it has just harvested its first crop.

These beefsteak tomatoes are chemical pesticide-free, non-GMO and grown with 100% rainwater.

The 60-acre facility in Morehead, Kentucky is among the largest climate-controlled indoor farms in the U.S.

Behind it is ag-tech startup AppHarvest and CEO Jonathan Webb.

"It’s a totally different way of looking at agriculture. There’s a lot of different reasons that what makes AppHarvest unique, our technology, the way in which we handle water, the way in which we get chemicals out of our growing practice. We’re degrading our soils to a point that we’re not going to have a choice so we plan on, when all is said and done, growing just about all fruit and vegetables in a controlled environment here at AppHarvest but the big picture thesis is that’s where agriculture as a whole is moving.”