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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. Last year, the company opened […]

You’ve heard of the local food movement — in which restaurants source some of their food from nearby farms in an effort to provide the best quality ingredients while supporting sustainability and the local economy. –Read Full Article

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A shining example of high-tech farming is feeding the need for fresh produce at Orlando World Center Marriott. The recently unveiled HyCube, created by Orlando-based Eco Convergence Group Inc., is a vertical hydroponic farm that supplies the restaurants in the 2,009-room resort with lettuce, baby spinach, arugula and herbs. –Read Full Article

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Having an herb and produce garden on site is not exactly new in the hotel world, but the Orlando World Center Marriott is doing it on a grander scale than most. The world’s largest Marriott has installed a state of the art hydroponic vegetable garden near the hotel’s main kitchen, growing produce for the tables of its […]

Eco Convergence Group, Inc. (ECG) unveiled the first HyCubeª modular hydroponic vegetable production system at the Orlando World Center Marriott. The HyCube’s data-driven, precisely controlled, patent-pending hydroponic system is constructed in an illuminated modern structure right next to the hotel’s main kitchen. Orlando World Center Marriott is the first hotelier to utilise the revolutionary HyCube […]

Eco Convergence Group, Inc. (ECG) unveiled the first HyCube™ modular hydroponic vegetable production system last night at the Orlando World Center Marriott. The HyCube’s data-driven, precisely controlled, patent-pending hydroponic system is constructed in an illuminated modern structure right next to the hotel’s main kitchen. Orlando World Center Marriott is the first hotelier to utilize the […]

Eco Convergence Group, Inc. (ECG) unveiled the first HyCube™ modular hydroponic vegetable production system last night at the Orlando World Center Marriott. The HyCube’s data-driven, precisely controlled, patent-pending hydroponic system is constructed in an illuminated modern structure right next to the hotel’s main kitchen. Orlando World Center Marriott is the first hotelier to utilize the […]

This past Thursday evening I was a guest at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fla. The occasion was the official unveiling of the first HyCube modular hydroponic, “cleaner than organic” vegetable production system. Glowing pink as evening settled in, the HyCube showed off stacks of leafy greens ready for harvesting for the 1,883-room, 121-suite property with […]