In Fort Myers, organic farming methods take root

By Annabelle Tometich

Published October 12, 2014 3:29pm ET

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In Fort Myers, organic farming methods take root — In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 Tom Winrow, director of sales at Florida Urban Organics, and Gary Winrow, managing director of Selovita, the parent of company of Florida Urban Organics have built up a farm in industrial Fort Myers, Fla. They grow lettuces, micro greens and other organic greens. The waste water from these tilapia filled tanks is pasteurized and used for fertilizer. The company has received a Global G.A.P. certification. (AP Photo/The News-Press, Andrew West) MAGS OUT; NAPLES OUT; NO SALES | Andrew West

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Florida Urban Organics occupies less than an acre on the industrial outskirts of downtown Fort Myers.

The farm’s neighbors include a scrap-metal recycling center and an auto body shop. A granite store sits in front of its aquaponics greenhouse. Leafy tiers of hydroponically grown lettuces — green butter, Cherokee, green oakleaf — stretch along Metro Parkway, south of the railroad tracks.

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