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Fifth Season, formerly RoBotany, builds vertical farm in Braddock

By Luke Torrance  – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times

Authorities in Faulkner County, Arkansas, arrested a woman after they said she threw a knife at her boyfriend during a heated argument. It seems he hurled a bag of lettuce at her, prompting her to heave the knife at him, police said.

By Luke Torrance  – Digital Producer, Pittsburgh Business Times

BRADDOCK, Pa. — Fifth Season — a local farming and robotics startup, founded as Robotany in 2016 — announced Tuesday that it would construct a 60,000-square-foot vertical farm in Braddock.

Set to open in 2020, the vertical farm "will set a new vertical agricultural standard for efficient, safe and sustainable production... in urban communities," according to Fifth Season's co-founder and CEO Austin Webb. The vertical farm is anticipated to produce 500,000 pounds of lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula and herbs during its first full year of operation. The facility is partially solar-powered and requires 95 percent less water than traditional growing operations.

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