The setup wasn’t intentional, but launching production at Scissortail Farms shortly before the onset of cold weather is good timing, company CEO John Sulton said.
Sulton and co-founder Rob Walenta have been running Scissortail Farms out of a 28,000-square-foot greenhouse in west Tulsa for about two months. Scissortail is a hydroponic farm, meaning that it grows its 40 varieties of leafy greens and herbs with nutrient-infused water and without soil.
The method allows Scissortail to produce fresh greens daily without use of bio solids, pesticides or other chemicals.
And at a time of year when farmer’s markets have closed and it becomes more difficult to find fresh and affordable produce, Scissortail is still producing, the company boasts.