Operation Food Search

Hydroponic Farms Help Battle Food Insecurity

Hydroponic farm with lettuce growing

Operation Food Search now has its own indoor farming operation. 

The organization has received two Flex Farms, which are hydroponics units that can grow various leafy greens and herbs. The vertical indoor farms cost $5,000 each and were donated to the nonprofit by UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Missouri and Fork Farms, an agriculture technology social enterprise based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. READ MORE. . .