Robert Fliegel

Heron Farms

Heron Farms is based in Charleston, South Carolina where it operates the world's first indoor saltwater vertical farm. Heron Farms began as a research question posed by founder Sam Norton in graduate school; what if two of the 21st century's largest problems, rising seawater levels and excess carbon dioxide, could be leveraged into next generation sustainable agriculture? Through his exploration of this exciting possibility grew Heron Farms. Since inception, Heron Farms has focused on scalable sustainability aided by sophisticated technologies. Heron Farms employs predictive software and cutting-edge automated data collection and analysis methods to manage and monitor various parameters including water salinity, carbon dioxide, growth cycles, and yield.