Founded in 2020, Mi Oh My Farms is a worker-owned hydroponic farm and education cooperative rooted in the Bronx, growing mushrooms and microgreens while helping schools and communities learn to grow food. From its South Bronx urban farm, the cooperative connects fresh produce with hands-on S.T.E.A.M. education, farm tours, and community food-access programs. Mi Oh My Farms describes itself as New York City’s only worker-owned hydroponic farm and the Bronx’s only mushroom and microgreens CSA.
Gotham GreensFounded in Brooklyn in 2009, Gotham Greens grows leafy greens and herbs year-round in climate-controlled hydroponic greenhouses, then turns them into fresh salad kits, dressings, sauces and dips. Its rooftop and urban farms bring production close to major population centers, with the company’s network now spanning 1.8 million square feet across the country. Gotham Greens is also a Certified B Corporation and emphasizes reduced water use, shorter transportation distances and daily harvest-to-pack operations.BROOKLYN, NY
Borough MushroomsBorough Mushrooms operates New York City’s first mushroom farm and mycology lab, growing specialty mushrooms locally for grocery stores and farm-market customers across the Northeast. The company also develops added-value mushroom products, connecting urban cultivation with regional food retail.COPAKE, NY
Groundwork Market GardenGroundwork Market Garden is a two-acre USDA Certified Organic urban farm on Buffalo’s East Side, growing food in the city since 2015. Co-founders and co-owners Mayda Pozantides and Anders Gunnersen built the farm from vacant lots into a working operation with a farm stand, CSA and wholesale customers. Groundwork pairs intensive, soil-focused farming with community food-access work, including Solidarity Shares and its collaboration with nonprofit Fare Share WNY.BUFFALO, NY
VIGEO GARDENSVIGEO GARDENS grew from a basement operation serving cancer patients into Rubber City Farm, a nearly 30,000-square-foot indoor farm in Akron’s historic BF Goodrich factories producing leafy greens and microgreens year-round. Its hydroponic, climate-controlled operation supplies locally grown produce harvested and delivered within 24 hours, while using less water and composting farm waste for community farms in Akron.AKRON, OH