ACDC and Port of Othello consider indoor farming in the Basin
Adams County Development Council Executive Director Kyle Niehenke sits in on a March 19 Port of Othello Commissioners meeting.
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A greenhouse with a larger-scale production of leafy greens. The indoor farming industry has the potential to complement economic development in Grant and Adams Counties, according to representatives of the Port of Othello and Adams County Development Council.
Adams County Development Council Executive Director Kyle Niehenke, Port of Othello Executive Director Chris Faix and Port of Othello Commissioner Homer Montemayor attend the 11th Annual Indoor Ag-Con March 11-12 at Las Vegas’s Caesars Forum, a tradeshow for the indoor and vertical farming industry.
A vertical farm such as the one pictured is another form of indoor farming that benefits from year-round growing in a temperature-controlled environment.
OTHELLO — Representatives of both the Port of Othello and the Adams County Development Council reflected on the viability of indoor or vertical farming greenhouses in Grant and Adams Counties after they attended the 11th Annual Indoor Ag-Con on March 11-12 in Las Vegas.
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