An Underground Farm Delivering Rare Herbs to New York’s Top Chefs

As cool as the operations part of this is, I can't help wishing they were growing food that mattered on scale to make a difference. Lowering the carbon footprint of putting expensive garnishes on the plates of the 1% is a start, I guess.

If you liked this, Ian Purkayastha is worth a read, all about sourcing exotic foods (truffles, caviar, etc) to top chefs.<p>Munchies episode: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=-sJ6IJZJhUU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=-sJ6IJZJhUU</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;page-turner&#x2F;how-a-texas-teen-ager-became-new-york-citys-premier-truffle-dealer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newyorker.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;page-turner&#x2F;how-a-texas-teen...</a><p>The name of his business is &quot;Regalis Foods&quot;: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.regalisfoods.com&#x2F;welcome" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.regalisfoods.com&#x2F;welcome</a>

This reflects my experience of growing 1-2 herbs at home. It requires little space and you usually only use a tiny amount. Most of all, it&#x27;s tastier and cheaper over time than the dried stuff.<p>If there were a simple-to-maintain herb garden hydroponics set, I&#x27;d totally be interested!

I&#x27;ve been digging into growing some greens, peppers, or other vegetables for fun. Playing with lights, pumps, and controllers seems pretty fun.<p>As far as I know Farm.one is using some Fluence Bioengineering LEDs for grow lights: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fluence.science&#x2F;innovator-spotlight&#x2F;farm-one&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fluence.science&#x2F;innovator-spotlight&#x2F;farm-one&#x2F;</a> However, in the article it looks like they might be using strips of COB leds? Anyone have any thoughts or resources for doing this sorts of stuff?

Another company is doing something similar, but using shipping containers to create these farms.<p>Heard they&#x27;re still in their early days though, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.localrootsfarms.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.localrootsfarms.com&#x2F;</a>

Given that wood sorrel grows wild in every NYC park, I&#x27;m failing to see what exactly is rare about it.