Gotham Greens

Urban Farm DB summary

Gotham Greens is a U.S. company founded in 2009 by Viraj Puri and Eric Haley that grows lettuce, herbs, and related products via hydroponics in rooftop greenhouses. Its first greenhouse (15,000 sq ft) opened in Brooklyn in May 2011, and as of 2026 it operates 13 facilities totaling over 1.8 million square feet across New York City, Chicago, and other states. The company claims up to 30 times the production efficiency per acre versus conventional field agriculture, up to 90% less water use, and 97% less land use, and raised $310 million in 2022 (cumulative funding of $440 million).

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• 30 x_conventional↑ Increase

  yield per acre(rooftop hydroponic farming)

  YieldControl: conventional field agriculture, per acre

  method

  hydroponic rooftop greenhouse

• 90 %↓ Decrease

  water use(rooftop hydroponic farming)

  WaterControl: conventional agriculture

  note

  reported as 'up to 90%'

• 97 %↓ Decrease

  land use(rooftop hydroponic farming)

  DesignControl: conventional agriculture
• 310 usd_million

  funding raised(gotham greens)

  Economics

  year

  2022

• 13 count

  facility count(gotham greens)

  Design

  year

  2026