Hollywood restaurant 'Tender Greens', for instance, is filled with vertical gardens, and everything they grow is served on the menu! The concept of aeroponic towers from Green City Farms. These towers are basically plant-filled poles that can easily blend in, pretty much anywhere. So they decided to get some for their Hollywood location. They're perfect for patios because there's not much energy need and the water usage is miniscule. We can grow 44 plants per tower. In Hollywood we have 24 towers, and they're just popping with all kinds of fruits and vegetables. The produce is harvested once a week, and used to prepare a daily special.
Understandably, the food grown in the towers cannot be used to prepare every single dish, given the high volume of diners. And the poles cannot be used indoors yet, because of the large amount of energy required for lighting. Which is why Tender Greens only has outdoor poles on the patio. But the concept is a great example of companies shifting to more eco-friendly and efficient means of farming, especially as California's drought worsens. Reports suggest that hydroponic farming needs as low as 10 percent of the water required to grow food in a traditional field.
