BE A PART OF THE FUTURE OF FOOD

🌱 Sponsor a Tray, Grow Impact – Together. 🌱

What if five friends could come together to nourish a community?

Introducing our 5x50 “Sponsor a Tray” effort, a fresh way to give back, grow good food, and support meaningful employment. 🌿

Here’s how it works:
👫 5 people
💵 $50 each
🌱 1 hydroponic tray sponsored at $250 total

Together, your tray will fuel more than just healthy eating — it also powers inclusive employment, sustainable urban farming, and access to healthy food for underserved communities.

📽️ Watch to rally your crew and grow something meaningful!
👉 Check out the link in bio to Sponsor a Tray!

#SponsorATray #GrowWithUs #VerticalHarvest #SocialImpactFarming

THANK YOU to our longtime tech partner Thrive Agritech (@thriveagritech) for helping us shine even brighter. 🌱💡

Thrive recently sponsored $10K worth of growing trays, expanding our custom LED lighting systems in Jackson with the same high-performance lights used at our farm in Maine. Now, these lights are powering harmonized crop trials and driving smarter, scalable, year-round growing.

As part of this collaboration, Thrive also sat down with our Head of Farm Technology & Systems, Arik Griffin, to talk about how tailored light recipes and trusted tech partners like Thrive help us scale with purpose.

🎥 Watch here!

#VerticalHarvest #ThriveAgritech #VerticalFarming #LEDInnovation #AgTech #CEA #SustainableFarming #SmartFarming #FutureOfFood #UrbanAgriculture #FoodSystemInnovation

🌍 “If Vertical Harvest isn’t out there in the world, we feel like there would be a loss.” — Nona Yehia, CEO of Vertical Harvest
Some investors say: prove it first.
But thousands of people already see their values reflected in what we’re building.

That’s why we launched Sponsor a Tray—a way to democratize participation in the food system. 💚

➡️ For every tray you sponsor, you help grow local food, create inclusive jobs, and tell the story of a specific crop, farmer, and destination—whether that’s a school, hospital, or community center. Every tray has an RFID tag, so you’ll know exactly where your impact lands.

It’s investing in a better food future, together. 🌱

@edibleplanetventures @verticalnona

#SponsorATray #VerticalHarvest #DemocratizeImpact #CommunityInvestment #UrbanFarming #FoodJustice #InclusiveFarming #Hyperlocal #SustainableFoodSystems #BePartOfTheEcosystem

💡“Profit and people go hand in hand. We’re profitable because of our people.” — Nona Yehia, CEO of Vertical Harvest

At Vertical Harvest, inclusion isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a growth strategy. With one of the lowest attrition rates in our sector, we’ve proven that investing in your team drives both performance and purpose.

And let’s be clear: Impact isn’t a trade-off for profit.

We’re laser-focused on financial discipline because profit is the unlock to impact—not the other way around. That’s how you build real systems change.

📈🌿 Hear more from Nona on the FoodTech Junkies podcast about how Vertical Harvest is rewriting the script on what a successful ag business looks like.

@edibleplanetventures @verticalnona

#VerticalHarvest #PeopleFirstProfitForward #InclusiveEmployment #AgTech #UrbanFarming #SocialImpact #DisabilityInclusion #SustainableBusiness #WomenInLeadership

👩‍🌾 “I know I don’t look like a farmer—but I am.” — Nona Yehia, CEO of Vertical Harvest
At Vertical Harvest, we lead with operations, not hype. We grow real food, create real jobs, and build farms that deliver real returns—like a projected 40% EBITDA at our Maine location. In a field where too many vertical farms have overpromised and underdelivered, we’ve stayed grounded in what matters:

✔️ Disciplined operations
✔️ Financial fundamentals
✔️ Culture that sustains performance

Yes, we’re in foodtech. But first and foremost? We’re farmers. And that’s how we’re reshaping what’s possible.

🎧 Dive into more from Nona’s FoodTech Junkies episode—where she talks about reclaiming value in uncertain markets, building trust with investors, and becoming “kings and queens of blended finance.”

@edibleplanetventures @verticalnona

#VerticalHarvest #UrbanFarming #FarmersFirst #FoodTech #AgTech #EBITDA #InclusiveEconomy #BlendedFinance #WomenInAg

🌱 “A farm is an ecosystem.” — Nona Yehia, CEO of Vertical Harvest

In indoor agriculture, it’s not enough to bolt together high-tech parts and hope for synergy. At Vertical Harvest, we’ve always seen ourselves as systems integrators—bringing together the brightest minds and latest innovations across HVAC, LED lighting, plant science, and more.

Why? Because success isn’t just in the tools—it’s in how you design the whole. 💡🪴

🎙️ Hear Nona’s insights from her FoodTech Junkies podcast interview and discover how thinking like architects of ecosystems—not owners of tech—gives us an edge in growing food and impact.

@edibleplanetventures @verticalnona @sharon.cittone

#VerticalHarvest #ControlledEnvironmentAgriculture #FoodTech #UrbanFarming #SustainableDesign #SmartFarming #EcosystemThinking #WomenInAgTech