Episode 614 · July 6, 2021
614: Jenn Frymark on Growing Fresh and Closer to Home
Looking outside of the box for garden growing.
In this episode
Jenn Frymark has grown fresh produce in some very unexpected places, so she is a firm believer that everyone can grow fresh and close to home, wherever home might be. She explains how she took this belief a step further and started Gotham Greens, using her hard-earned expertise to find out if food could be grown and distributed locally as a business, rather than a grant-funded educational or community project. Jenn talks about the early challenges and many successes.
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Our Guest
- How Jenn was inspired by Greg when she was a new plant lover
- Experiences that led Jenn to become an expert on greenhouses
- The defining moment in Jenn’s career
- How Jenn ended up in Antarctica
- Growing challenges Jenn faced in both Anguilla and Antarctica
- The inspiration behind Gotham Greens
- Leveraging technology without moving too far away from nature
- How Gotham Greens ended up on the roof in NY
- Turning a model typically funded by grants into a business model
- Challenges Gotham Greens faced as a groundbreaking business
- Successes as the company grew
- Advantages of the Gotham Greens growing model
- How Gotham Greens is “vertically integrated”
- Food waste in the current system
As well as
Her failure – Some projects not making it to completion for various reasons
Her success – Gotham Greens, still a successful company 10+ years later
Her drive – A real love of plants & an inquisitive nature
Her advice – “Everyone should spend much more time outdoors in nature.”
Jenn’s Book recommendations
The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
How to reach Jenn
Website: www.gothamgreens.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/GothamGreens/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GothamGreens
Twitter: twitter.com/gothamgreens
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/gotham-greens-farms/
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