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Vertical farming company Kalera has opened its new growing facility in Orlando, Florida. This new facility is the highest production volume vertical farm in the Southeast US. The rapidly constructed facility also demonstrates Kalera’s ability to quickly build and open farms around the US and the world. This new facility complements Kalera’s initial HyCube growing […]

Kalera announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art growing facility in Orlando, Florida. This new facility is the highest production volume vertical farm in the Southeast. The rapidly constructed facility also demonstrates Kalera’s ability to quickly build and open farms around the US and the world. This new facility complements Kalera’s initial HyCube growing facility […]

The vegetable farming of the future looks very different from the fields of lettuce and other crops you’ll find in places like California’s Salinas Valley today, according to Daniel Malechuk, the 38-year-old CEO of Kalera, a vertical farming company based in Orlando, Florida. –Read Full Article

The Golden Question: “What’s the price?” “We don’t want to be exclusive or elitist. We want to deliver fresh & local lettuce at a price where people don’t have to break the bank to buy it.” –Read Full Article

Kalera, a technology-driven vertical farming company, is using high-yield hydroponic production systems to grow lettuce faster, cleaner, at a lower cost and with less environmental impact. Kalera’s new CEO, Daniel Malechuk, sat down recently with Tom Bachmann, VP-Southeast for The Shelby Report, to talk about the company and its future. –Read Full Article

Technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it has hired veteran foodservice and grocery industry executive Daniel Malechuk as CEO. Kalera’s Co-Founder and current CEO, Cristian Toma, will move to the role of Chief Technical Officer. The company also announced that J. Michael Carr has joined as VP of Sales. –Read Full Article

On Sept. 17, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it has hired veteran foodservice and grocery industry executive Daniel Malechuk as CEO. Kalera’s co-founder and current CEO, Cristian Toma, will move to the role of chief technical officer. The company also announced that J. Michael Carr has joined as vice president of sales. –Read […]

Eco Convergence Group has changed its name to Kalera and is building an indoor growing facility in Orlando, Fla. The facility will be the single-largest indoor vertical farm of its kind in the Southeastern U.S., according to a news release. Construction is set to begin sometime during the fourth quarter of 2019. –Read Full Article

Eco Convergence Group, a leader in indoor vertical farming, announces its official name change to Kalera today. In addition, Kalera also announces that it has begun construction of a state-of-the-art indoor growing facility in Orlando, which will provide an abundance of healthy, tasty greens for the hospitality, grocery, and food service industries. –Read Full Article

Vertical farming company Eco Convergence Group announced this morning it has officially rebranded as Kalera. The Orlando, FL-based company, best known for its HyCube grow system, also said it has broken ground on what will be the largest vertical farm in the Southeastern United States, growing 5 million heads of lettuce annually. –Read Full Article