# Local Grown Salads: Farming, Toronto, Canada

> Local Grown Salads: Local Grown Salads is an indoor vertical farming company based in Toronto, Ontario, with an operational site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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# Local Grown Salads

Local Grown Salads is an indoor vertical farming company based in Toronto, Ontario, with an operational site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Funding reported Last round: Angel

Farming Toronto, Canada

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Company summary

- **Founded:** 2015 11 years old
- **Team:** 70 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** 300k as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Angel Sept 2015

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

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## About Local Grown Salads

Local Grown Salads is an indoor vertical farming company based in Toronto, Ontario, with an operational site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Founded in 2015, the company specializes in producing organic, ready-to-eat salads, herbs, and leafy greens using a patent-pending vertical growing technology. Their mission focuses on local food production, reducing transportation needs, and minimizing the carbon footprint associated with traditional farming. The company employs a scalable, soil-cultivated system that allows for year-round production and efficient resource use, including 90% less water than conventional methods. Local Grown Salads offers a variety of products, including packaged salads, microgreens, and fresh herbs, all certified organic and free from pesticides and GMOs. They primarily serve retailers, food service companies, and local grocery stores, emphasizing quality and sustainability in their offerings.

## What company datasets say Local Grown Salads raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **300k** in the source's currency

Rounds **1**

Last round **Angel**

Last round size **300k**

Last round date **Sept 2015**

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

cea controlled environment agriculture food service consumers distribution manufacturing controlled atmosphere management sustainable indoor agriculture cultivar measurement factors cultivar-specific growth ready to eat microbial load reduction food production local distribution recycling water and nutrients patented growing technology

Built with from their website

Google Workspace PostgreSQL Google Meet Enom Amazon EC2 Retool Amazon AWS Amazon Relational Database Service Gmail

- **Sector:** Farming
- **Industry code:** NAICS 111419, 311991
- **Region:** Ontario
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/local-grown-salads)

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