| 词条 | Lufa Farms | |||||||||
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| name = Lufa Farms | logo = Lufa Farms Logo.jpg | type = Private | foundation = 2009 | location_city = Montreal, Quebec | location_country = Canada | key_people = Mohamed Hage (Founder, CEO) Kurt Lynn (Founding Member, Vice President) Lauren Rathmell (Founding Member, Greenhouse Director) Yahya Badran (Founding Member, Director of Engineering) Dave Furneaux(Chairman) | products = Subscription-based food ecommerce | num_employees = 200 | homepage = lufa.com }} Lufa Farms is an agricultural and technology company located in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec. The company, founded in 2009, has installed commercial greenhouses on the roofs of several warehouses in greater Montreal, beginning with a 31,000 sg ft greenhouse over their headquarters in 2011. DescriptionLufa Farms specializes in new agricultural technologies in urban zones. In 2009 the company was founded by five people with a strong business and marketing background and some knowledge of greenhouse and farm production. After a two year trial with McGill University researchers, they built their first large (31,000 sq ft) rooftop greenhouse in early 2011 atop a Montreal warehouse designated as their headquarters.[1][2] Lufa Farms stated that from their first greenhouse they produced vegetables year-round for more than 3,000 people in the greater Montreal area, delivering in 2013 more than 2,000 baskets per week, or about 700 pounds of produce per day.[3][4][5][6] They advertise that they produce forty varieties of vegetables grown hydroponically without synthetic pesticides, capturing rainwater, and recirculating irrigation water.[7] Their intensive year-round production does rely on inputs such as hydroponic nutrients, LED lighting, and natural gas for supplemental winter heat. In September 2013 Lufa opened a second greenhouse of 43,000 square feet in Laval. This facility was built in conjunction with the Dutch greenhouse manufacturer KUBO.[8] They opened a third facility, 63,000 square feet, in Anjou, another Montreal suburb, in 2017. The three greenhouses cost about $9.5 million to build. While Lufa has expressed interest in exporting their model across Canada and into the United States,[1][4][9] as of 2017 the production business had not expanded beyond greater Montreal. Lufa uses a direct-to-consumer ("subscription") model with online ordering, and identifies dozens of drop-off sites rather than maintaining a central market. While they do grow herbs and experimental produce to achieve the 40 different varieties thy advertise, the majority of their production is limited to five crops -- mixed greens, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and cucumbers. To offer a broader selection they have agreements with other farmers, mostly organic and local but not greenhouse based, as well as with a few growers in Florida who grow tropical produce (bananas, avocado, oranges).[10] Honors and awards
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/rebel-brands/2012/10/15/lufa-farms-eyes-us-for-rooftop-farms.html?page=all|title=Lufa Farms practices agriculture for geeks|author=Teresa Novellino|date=October 15, 2012|accessdate=August 11, 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/music/suzuki-diaries-future-city-lufa-farms.html|title=Suzuki Diaries: Future City - Lufa Farms|author=David Suzuki|editor=The Nature of Things, CBC|accessdate=August 2, 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/business/smallbusiness/19sbiz.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Cash Crops Under Glass and Up on the Roof|author=Glen Rifkin|date=May 18, 2011|editor=The New York Times|accessdate=July 30, 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/383391/des-tomates-plein-le-toit-ajouter-de-la-culture-dans-la-ville|title=Des tomates plein le toit - Ajouter de la culture dans la ville|language=French|trans-title=Full roof tomatoes - Adding culture in the city|author=Alexandre Shields|editor=Le Devoir|date=July 20, 2013|accessdate=August 2, 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://eatupag.com/2012/11/15/the-full-monty/|title=The Full Monty|author=Lauren Mandel|date=November 15, 2012|accessdate=August 11, 2013}} 6. ^Maxime Coutié (June 20, 2012). "La générosité de la serre Lufa" [The generosity of the greenhouse Lufa] (in French), C'est bien meilleur le matin, Radio-Canada, June 20, 2012. 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbiz.com/video/2013/05/28/verge-accelerate-lufa-farms |title=Lufa Farms' plan to change how cities eat |author=James Rathmell |date=May 14, 2013 |accessdate=August 11, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808210725/http://www.greenbiz.com/video/2013/05/28/verge-accelerate-lufa-farms |archivedate=August 8, 2013 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pehub.com/2012/10/10/lufa-farms-secures-expansion-financing/|title=Lufa Farms secures expansion financing|author=asormani|date=October 10, 2012|accessdate=August 11, 2013}} 9. ^Sarah Elton, The farm on top of the city, Maclean's, October 18, 2012. 10. ^{{cite web |title=Sustainable bananas, avocados, and citrus in Montreal! |url=https://montreal.lufa.com/en/blog/articles/sustainable-bananas-avocados-and-citrus-montreal |website=montreal.lufa.com |accessdate=22 November 2018 |language=en}} 11. ^C2-MTL, Bird? Plane? Lufa Farms!, May 22, 2013. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130802095337/http://www.c2mtl.com/bird-plane-lufa-farms/ |date=August 2, 2013 }} 12. ^Urban Times, STARTUP LAB – Ep. 3: Lufa Farms {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719042634/http://urbantimes.co/magazine/2011/11/startup-lab-ep-3-lufa-farms/ |date=2013-07-19 }}, November 12, 2011. External links{{Sister project links | commons=Category:Lufa Farms| d=Q14422052}}
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