Fresh Guru
Fresh Guru is a company specialized in hydroponic cultivation of tomatoes, born in 2016 in Ostellato (FE). The company was born with the desire to find an intelligent and eco-sustainable way to avoid the loss of the heat generated by the existing biogas power plants. The two greenhouses extend for about 11 hectares producing 8000 tomatoes each year. The heat generated by the biogas plant is introduced into the greenhouses through the hot water that is made to flow along the tracks where the trolleys for tomato harvesting run. Furthermore, the plant is fed separately with agricultural by-products, which at the end of their use cycle have been transformed into fertilizers. Even the tomato plants, after the production cycle, become fuel for the biogas plant. The totally natural nutrition of tomatoes is guaranteed by technological systems that also manage irrigation, the use of filters and the recycling of water that is not retained by the plants, using 70% less than traditional crops. The company currently has 85 employees in addition to the collaboration with the Delta cooperative that manages the work of about 30 workers from Pakistan.