{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-farm-report.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F27827e4d-27827e4d","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 294: Gotham Greens with Viraj Puri","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3b6c5d/3b6c5d90-002b-4420-965f-9abdf8f58f4c/52290e4e-7009-4dfa-bd9e-22af726f04fe/1468509464artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/52290e4e-7009-4dfa-bd9e-22af726f04fe\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 294: Gotham Greens with Viraj Puri\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week, The Farm Report moves to its new time slot (1o a.m. on Thursdays!), and host Erin Fairbanks is joined in the studio by Viraj Puri, the co-founder and CEO of Gotham Greens, an urban agriculture company founded in Brooklyn, New York, that grows produce year-round in rooftop greenhouses.\r\n\r\nGotham Greens is a worldwide pioneer in the field of urban agriculture and a leading regional producer of hyper-local, premium-quality, greenhouse grown vegetables and herbs. The company has built and operates over 170,000 square feet of technologically advanced, urban rooftop greenhouses across 4 facilities in New York City and Chicago.\r\n\r\nViraj co-founded Gotham Greens in 2009 and serves as CEO. He has developed and managed start-up enterprises in New York City, Ladakh, India and Malawi, Africa focusing on sustainable agriculture, green building, renewable energy, and environmental design."}