TIME MAGAZINE HERALDED THIS TECHNOLOGY AS
ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST INVENTIONS

Imagine placing an entire farming system into an empty warehouse. And in a 70 x 100 sq. ft. area produce as much food as a 13 acre farm. In any climate, using only 8% of the water and no chemical pesticides. Alterrus pioneered the proprietary urban growing system known as VertiCrop™ and is using institute B’s expertise to bring it to the world. institute B unlocked their potential by successfully leading a private placement investment round, found the right team to bring the company forward, implemented financial controls, rebranded Alterrus and created their Local Garden brand while instilling a philosophy of unreasonable business into their corporate culture.

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Recent Highlights

• Company went from bleeding money to revenue producing in less than two years
• Launched the first fully scalable rooftop greenhouse on the top of an underutilized parkade
• Local Garden is in high demand in grocery chains and top restaurants
• Created sustainable jobs for those facing poverty and homelessness
• Became the first publicly traded Certified B Corp company in the world
• Local Garden Facebook page has grown to over 20,000 unique visitors per month
• Now entertaining interest from partners throughout the US and Europe

Our Mission

• Improve world health through the growing and distribution of fresh, nutritious produce
• Embody cradle to cradle manufacturing
• Reduce world hunger
• Be part of the movement that is solving the world’s water and food crisis – by growing fresh produce with less water consumption and smaller carbon footprint

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