Thank you reporter Caleigh Wells for visiting us here in Fillmore to learn more about how we farm. Excerpt from the article and link below:
When Scott Beylik’s grandfather started the now four-acre Beylik Family Farms in Fillmore in the 1970s, it was a radical idea to grow tomatoes indoors without soil. Back then, they were pioneers of what has since become a growing trend in the agriculture industry: hydroponic farming.
The technology involves lacing water with all the nutrients a plant needs, which eliminates the reliance on soil. That means no water is wasted in keeping dirt moist. This type of farming uses less than 10% of the water needed to grow tomatoes in the field, according to the National Park Service.
Since Beylik mostly grows tomatoes… [read the rest of the article at https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/greenhouse-crops-homeless-mental-health/drought-hydroponic-tomatoes]
You can try our world-famous tomatoes for yourself by visiting any of the farmers’ markets throughout Southern California we regularly attend listed below:
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