Transforming poultry barns into greenhouses: New North Carolina hub champions sustainable farming [Video]

Transforming factory farms into eco-friendly greenhouses: North Carolina hub showcases innovative farming solutions for a sustainable future

WADESBORO, N.C. — The Transfarmation Project® is thrilled to announce the launch of its North Carolina demonstration hub in Wadesboro that took place on Friday, Sept. 6. 

The newly transformed facility, formerly used for raising an estimated 540,000 chickens per year, is now a beacon of sustainable agriculture. In collaboration with the Transfarmation™ team, property owners Tom and Sokchea Lim have converted a poultry barn into a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot greenhouse. The revitalized hub will be a vibrant vegetable farm and research center dedicated to developing and showcasing sustainable alternatives for former chicken farmers.

Photos and videos from the event are available here.

The new hub highlights several environmental benefits of specialty-crop farming and offers a range of community-focused functions:

• Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions: Generates much less greenhouse gas than factory animal farming, aiding in climate-change mitigation.
• Soil …