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Grower Direct Farms

Greenhouse Grower staff By Greenhouse Grower staff|May 11, 2011

City: Somers, Conn.

Owner: Len and Elaine VanWingerden

Website: GrowerDirectFarms.com

Environmentally controlled square footage: 802,000 (estimate)

Number of offshore facilities: 0

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Percentage of production space under permanent environmentally controlled structure devoted to each crop (based on 2010 figures):
Ornamental bedding plants 71% 
Flowering potted plants  20%
Container perennials  7%
Vegetables   1%
Other  1%

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