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HYPER LOCAL, HYDROPONIC, SUSTAINABLE SMART FARM SOLUTIONS
GroKits™ | GroPods™ | GroHouse™
Mission: To develop the most sustainable hyperlocal grow systems worldwide.
At Moonflower, we believe that hydroponics and CEA (controlled environment agriculture) are the future. We offer turnkey hydroponic solutions in the form of GroKits™, GroPods™, and GroHouse™ so anyone can grow year round. Our current agricultural food systems are designed for efficient distribution not human consumption. These systems enable rampant pesticide use, massive water waste, hefty transport and CO2 emissions, and loss of nutrition due to long supply chains. Our goal is to create hyper local networks of food production where crops can be grown year round anywhere with minimal environmental impact. Our hydroponic systems use 90% less water, produce 20-30X more per acre year round, never use chemical pesticides, and provide a nutritionally dense product that is always in season. We believe this is something worth working towards and that by 2030, every major city will be using hydroponic smart farms to grow their own food.
Federico Marques, our founder/CEO, first learned about hydroponics while working with NASA on Bioregenerative Life Support Systems at Stennis Space Center. Federico continued this research and even had a greenhouse (used to clean industrial waste water) in a chemical plant in his past career.
Moonflower continues this tradition and continues to work closely with the NASA and Space Alliance Technical Outreach to one day help NASA put “flowers on the moon.”
Moonflower Farms was started in 2016 and was the first indoor vertical farm in Texas. In 2019, we moved into our state of the art 20,000 square foot hydroponic greenhouse. We are currently expanding in the Houston market and our goal is to be the leader in helping rural farms and urban cities transition to sustainable smart farming. We do this by offering turnkey hydroponic grow systems in the form of our smart farm technology called GroHouse ™. Reach out on our contact us form and a team member will get back with you.
The GroHouse™ is a 2,500 sf turnkey greenhouse system that allows for year round growing of crops in any climate. The base unit is $360,000 but can be used to grow 1500 to 1800 heads of lettuce, kale, mustards, basils or other leafy green crops per week year round. Each GroHouse™ can be customized for different crops and/or climate. Optional add ons include the addition of solar, battery backup, generator back up, supplemental LED lighting, CO2 addition, rainwater capture and use, and landscape packages. This offering is currently being tested in Houston but will be available in Q3 2025.
GroPod™ units are currently being tested by several universities and high schools. These hydroponic growing cabinets are designed to be plug and play and allow students to grow crops indoors, in the classroom or at home. Related GroPod™ software and functionality is also being developed which may allow for future Software as Sales model or subscription sales. There is an opportunity to lease these GroPod™ units as well via 1-3 year leases. This product is currently being tested in Houston, TX and will be available in Q1 2025.
Microgreen GroKits™ use organic seeds, 100% compostable packaging, vermiculite and/or coco coir media, colorful packaging with user friendly interface, and downloadable educational materials (ie. teacher’s aids and Intro to Hydroponics brochure. Our kits are used by individual consumers as well as for Academic purposes. GroKits™ provide students K-12 as well as individual consumers, with a hands-on teaching aid to learn how to grow microgreens indoors in 10 – 12 days.
We believe that by 2030, every major city in the world will be building large tracts of hydroponic farms. Our vision is to lead this effort so that food security is no longer a threat to anyone. Learn more about our state of the art, smart farm, the GroHouse™.
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