Green Technology: Current Practices & Environmental Impact

SustainabilityCurrent Practices & Environmental Impact

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Fuel eFFiciency

The amount of high-efficiency lighting is comparable to the acreage of 27 football fields.

• Installationofhigh-efficiency energy curtainsthroughoutourfacility

• Incorporation of radiant heatinour greenhouses,barns,andproductionareas

• Installationandutilizationofnearly thirty acres of high-efficiency lights

Inrecentyears, we have reduced our fuel energy by approximately 50% through the following practices:

Reduced emiSSionS

Fuel consists of tree clearing service waste & pallet disposal.

· 90%reductionofemissionsproducedby naturalgasandoilfuel

· $20Million+•investmentinparticulateremoval technologyexceedsEPAstandardsby95%

The orchid range is heated exclusively by wood-fueled furnaces. The wood boiler system implementation resulted in:

•90% reduction of emissions producedbynaturalgasandoilfuel

•$20million+investmentin particulateremovaltechnology exceeds EPA standards by 95%


Reduced WaSte

1.5 million plug trays are re-used annually results in close to 1 million pounds of reduction in waste, comparable

to the weight of 4 blue whales.

• Themajorityofretailfinishedpotproduction hasmovedfrominjection-moldedplastics tovacuumformedtechnologies,reducing plastic consumption by over 35%

• We recycle 100% of injection-molded plug traysusedinternally


SuStainable GRoWinG PRacticeS

IPM has already reduced use of liquid pesticides in the facility by approximately 50%.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) isaneffectiveandenvironmentallysensitiveapproachtopestmanagement.

IPM is used to control pestswiththeleastpossiblehazardtopeople,property,andtheenvironment.


SuStainable iRRiGation

We collect 1.5 million gallons of water in retention ponds for every 1 inch of rainfall. That is the equivalent of filling

2.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Our irrigation system and water run-off is currently 100% self-contained.

Thisensuresthatsignificantamountsofwastewater(typically high in nitrates)donotenterthelocalwatersupplyandnegativelyaffectnaturalhabitat.


SelF-containment

The average amount of water at any given time in our retention ponds is about 28 million gallons, which would fill:The Georgia Aquarium, the largest US aquarium - 3 times.

· 90%reductionofemissionsproducedby naturalgasandoilfuel

· $20Million+•investmentinparticulateremoval technologyexceedsEPAstandardsby95%

Ebb&Floodgreenhousefloorsprovidethemost efficient use of fertilizers and pesticides.

Allmaterialthatisnotusedbyplantsisreturnedtoholdingtanksandeitherre-usedordisposed of using environmentally safe methods,includingevaporationinself-containedponds.



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