Happy Holidays from all of us at UP Vertical Farms 🎄🙂🎄
UP Vertical Farms
Farming
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia 813 followers
Our approach allows us to sustainably grow tasty food by being at the forefront of the vertical farming revolution.
About us
Fully-automated, high-density lettuce grown vertically using touchless technology in a controlled environment that ups the quality of each and every plant.
- Website
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https://upverticalfarms.com/
External link for UP Vertical Farms
- Industry
- Farming
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Specialties
- Vertical Farming, Greenhouse, Salad, Leafy Greens, Farming, BC Produce, Locally Owned, Fresh, and Nutritious
Locations
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Get directions
13251 McKechnie Rd
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia V3Y 1Z1, CA
Employees at UP Vertical Farms
Updates
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UP Vertical Farms reposted this
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🌱⬆️ As pioneers in Canadian vertical farming, brothers Bahram Rashti and Shahram Rashti, Co-Founders of UP Vertical Farms are redefining how leafy greens are grown and delivered. 🦾 Together they have built one of Canada’s most innovative fully-automated, high-density vertical farms that merges sustainability, technology, and profitability to tackle food security challenges head-on. In this Indoor Ag-Conversation, CEO Bahram Rashti shares insights into UP Vertical Farms’ cutting-edge touchless growing methods, their key partnerships, and their ambitious plans to scale into the U.S. market. Readers can also hear directly from Bahram during the “Trends in Canada” panel at Indoor Ag-Con 2025 (Las Vegas March 11th-12th), where he will discuss the opportunities and challenges shaping Canada’s controlled environment agriculture industry. Read full Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/gri7AipX #verticalfarming #horticulture #produce
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Our latest newsletter highlights the Top 50 Vertical Farming Companies shaping sustainable agriculture with innovation, technology, and efficiency.🌱 #VerticalFarming #ControlledEnvironmentAgriculture #Sustainability #InnovationInFarming
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Thank you John and Global News for highlighting our operations and efforts to grow more food by Canadians for Canadians while using less resources. We need more support from the government and changes to the status quo if we are to improve our current food system in BC and across Canada. UP Vertical Farms Shahram Rashti Oppy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada BC Public Service John Hua Global News #verticalfarming #controlledenvironmentagriculture #foodsecurity #agritech #bcgrown #Canadianproduce
B.C. farmers call for policy changes to enable increased food production
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Global fresh produce marketer Dole plc terminated its agreement to sell its Fresh Vegetable Division to Fresh Express, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiquita Holdings Limited (Chiquita). Explore the details surrounding this significant development in the fresh produce industry, including the reasons behind the decision and its potential implications for market competition. 🍍🔍 https://lnkd.in/eBE9YWa8 #Dole #FreshExpress #AntitrustPressure
Dole terminates Fresh Express deal under antitrust pressure
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Some good insight into the Canadian Vertical Farming space 🙂🥗
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The sector can also help build resilient supply chains that can deliver food security at local and subnational level. The path to the sector's sustainability would be through innovation on capital cost, form factor, and reduced use of natural resources. Lenore Newman Evan Fraser May have a thing or two to say on this! UP Vertical Farms GoodLeaf Farms https://lnkd.in/g67GpU-m
The outlook for Canada’s vertical farm sector
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Some wonderful feedback from our Costco customers, check out the comments in our instagram post 🙂🥗 https://lnkd.in/gsa69_Qx
UP Vertical Farms on Instagram: "Pick UP our Live It UP blend at your local @costco_canada. Let us know what you think, we would love to hear your feedback…. Support Local 🇨🇦🍁🥗"
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Thrifty Foods on Instagram: "🌱🌱🌱From seed to store, @upverticalfarms takes us through the process of seeding to getting their locally grown lettuce to our stores. Their full-automated, high-density vertical growing system uses a touchless technology from seeding to harvest in a controlled vertical-farm environment, located right here in B.C. #EatLocal"
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UP Vertical Farms on Instagram: "We are proud to be listed in @Costco_Canada, and even more excited to be sampling our greens at select locations this weekend! Stop by the Burnaby, Richmond, Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, Vancouver, Langford, Kamloops, Kelowna or Prince George warehouses on February 24 to try a delicious sample! 🌱 Locally grown in Pitt Meadows, BC 🌱 Year-round 🌱 Fully aut
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