Desert Verde Farm, Andrew Neighbour Replacing the Sump Tank A critical part of any closed-loop aquaponics system is the sump tank. Because it needs to be the lowest point in the system, it is often placed below ground. Our last tank was made of reinforced plas...
Desert Verde Farm, Andrew Neighbour Cafecito now offers Desert Verde salads and microgreens We are delighted to have recently added Santa Fe's innovative restaurant cafecito to our growing list of customers.Jordan Isaacson, their new chef, chose our leafy greens and microgreens to accompanyh...
Desert Verde Farm, Andrew Neighbour Our Next Expansion Phase is Completed After several delays, we are able to start flowing water through the first of two new vertical rack systems. Thanks to a grant from the NM Economic Development Department, we have added almost 4,000 n...
Desert Verde Farm, Andrew Neighbour Expansion When designing Desert Verde Farm's initial build, I felt it important to stage our production capacity. After all, we had not established a market for a hypothetical product, Could we grow successfull...
Desert Verde Farm, Andrew Neighbour Building the Fish Nursery On the generous advice of a friend and mentor, Pedro Casas-Cordero, I decided to follow his example and use the fish nursery as a source of nutrients for seedlings prior to their transplant to the mai...
