Local Grown Salads

03/04/2025

Money Talks interviewed me all about me, my history, all about me and Indoor Vertical Farming!
It covers so many different things.

Hugh is a great interviewer!

In this episode of Money Talks, Hugh interviewed founder of Local Grown Salads, serial entrepreneur and consultant, Zale Tabakman. We discussed:1) Zale’s ba...

03/03/2025

Everything you want to know about a .
All about the , benefits, and some starting .

My philosophy in life when making changes is Crawl, Walk, Run.
Start slow, build a few good habits, then add to those habits.

I have used the process many times in my life and it works.

Here is a process I suggest to create Plant Based centered life.
Crawl: Do this for 30 days at least
a) Decide its important.
b) Understand a bit what its about.
c) Make sure every meal includes easy to make vegetarian dishes
d) Reduce prepared meats (hot dogs, other things heavy in nitrates)

Walk: Do this for 30 days at least
a) Reduce store bought meats from your diet, only eat something you prepare
b) Start introducing complex recipes (beans & rice & spices)
c) When going out to eat - start asking for the meatless variety
d) Add homemade popcorn, nuts and dried veggies as your snack foods

Run: Keep doing this
a) Drop more meat dishes from your diet
b) Start thinking about if you want eggs, fish, and cheese in your life
c) Add even more complex foods to your diet
d) Keep changing your diet

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Zale is the President of Local Grown Salads, an Indoor Vertical Farming company located in .

A plant-based diet can take many forms, but ultimately it calls for eating less meat and more whole foods. Learn more here.

03/03/2025

Local Grown Salads' contribution to the UN Sustainable Goal 2 Targets
End hunger, achieve security and improved nutrition and promote

2.1 Ensure access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
- We grow where people live
- We grow 365 days a year
- Organic and free of pesticides, herbicides , insecticides and GMOs

2.2 Address the nutritional needs of women of all ages and older persons
- Local produce has the greatest nutritional value
- Healthy fresh produce at reasonable prices

2.3 Double the agricultural productivity and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
- In one-year, we grow in 32 square feet what is grown in an acre of land
- We create jobs
- We actively develop food products using our vegetables, greens, and herbs

2.4 Ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity, help maintain ecosystems, adapt to climate change, progressively improve land and soil quality
- The definition of what Local Grown Salads does


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02/28/2025

The first question that comes to mind when focusing on a is "Where Do I get My Protein?"
The answer is vegetables are a fine source of protein.And there are so many choices.

Finding the sources is not difficult.
The challenge is what to eat first and how to eat them.

For me, a middle aged male, I need about 50 grams a day.
That can be a handful of mixed nuts, a and a dinner of rice and beans.
I have all day to eat my 50 grams, so it's really not a challenge.

And every vegetable provides me vitamins, minerals and some fiber.
Like a multi-vitamin with taste, texture, and loads of flavor.
There are two questions you need to ask and they are easy to find the answers to.

How many grams do you need?
What are you going to eat first?

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Going plant-based? Here’s your answer to “How will you get enough protein?”

02/28/2025

Food is the new tech and Vegan's and Vegetarians are leading the way.
Its important we demand foods that healthy for us and healthy for the planet.
The and purchasing dollars have huge power.

Interesting recipes and foods we create for ourselves and our families can be made available to everyone!

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02/27/2025

Where do I get my Calcium for my teeth and bones?
After protein that's the biggest question people wanting a diet ask.

Like humans, plants need sources of calcium to grow. (One common source for Gardeners is egg shells)
All the nutrients used by plants end up into the plants.
But I like to think of plants as little vitamin manufacturing machines.
They take the elements (C, N, P, K, Ca, etc.) in one form and convert them into containing , , and amino acids.
All the things our bodies need for healthy living.

Plant manufacturing of vitamins and minerals in plants is powered by the sun.
While the official name is "photosynthesis", I call call it power using leaves.
The ultimate in manufacturing.

But the reality is, unless you are a nerd (like me) it really doesn't matter how it happens or why.
What does matter is that all the vitamins and minerals you need can be found in plants.

But don't think of them as plants, think of them as in a .

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02/27/2025

As a Canadian Entrepreneur I can totally relate. I tried for years to get traction with our technology with no success.

Started up in , immediately local people helped, we received introductions at the City, State, and Federal level.

Over and over again, loses people and technology because there is a lack of vision.

COVID-19 vaccine maker Providence says it's leaving Canada.

The head of a homegrown company behind a promising COVID-19 vaccine says he's ready to pull his company out of Canada and take its product elsewhere after calls for more substantial federal support went unanswered.

02/27/2025

Do you know what is?
I didn't, but it could be very important to Climate Change.
BECC is "Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage" and is all about extracting bioenergy from biomass and capturing and storing the carbon/ Removing it from the atmosphere or more simply "Carbon capture and energy with plants."

Indoor Vertical Farming enables BECCS deployment with supply and land sparing.
Land sparing is when crops grown in Indoor Vertical Farms replaces field production creating "spare land".
Spare Land is used for bioenergy production.

"Bioenergy Supply" can be created by growing bioenergy in Indoor Vertical Farms, essentially turning electricity into biomass which can be used in other processes.

Approximately 3–7 times more land is required for conventional BECCS than Indoor Vertical Farming.
Utilizing Indoor Vertical farming for bioenergy can meet the future BECCS demand using less land and help target wider climate goals.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that to limit the warming of the planet to 1.5 ◦C, we need to reduce GHGs. For this, carbon dioxide emissions needs to by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050.

BECCS with Indoor Vertical Farming is part of the solution.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that to limit warming to 1.5 °C, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is required. Integrated assessment models (IAMS) predict that a land area between the size of Argentina and Australia is required for bioenergy crops, a 3.....

02/26/2025

Love learning about new herbs. Here isnone I can't wait to try it!

What is your experience with ?

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Papalo, an aromatic herb related to cilantro, is making its way north thanks in part to immigrant farmers originally from Central and South America. It is a crucial ingredient in cemi...

02/26/2025

has made fast food delivery common among goers.
But behind the scenes is the creation of Ghost Kitchens and Virtual Brands.

These are Fast Food Restaurants that have no sit down location,

Such a cool concept!

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Zale is the President of Local Grown Salads, an Indoor Vertical Farm launching in .

Jumping into a ghost kitchen may seem like a way to recoup lost dining room sales during the pandemic, but operators need to consider food costs, labor, marketing and brand equity to help ensure a payoff.

02/26/2025

Hey All,

I was interviewed about being an .

They asked some great questions .. would like your feedback

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02/25/2025

What are you putting in your today?
Here is a great 3 step way to create a salad.

Share a pic of your salad!

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Everyone knows that eating plants is crucial to health and fitness. Yet many people just don’t like vegetables. That’s why we recruited our top two food magicians and they created this simple 3-step formula for loving your veggies. Trust us, it’s converted even the most hardcore veggie-phobes.

02/25/2025

There are so many opportunities to invest in .

You can invest in public companies and you can invest in private #
startups and everything in between.

This article is a deep introduction into the breadth and depth of food .

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02/25/2025

Great article.
I think most investors understand the opportunity for sustainable investing, but I have found many are challenged about the specific details when confronted with a sustainable investment.
Another issue, is they are surprised at how better the returns are. And when thongs are better than expected, it raises flags.
The better returns make sense, A sustainable investment will somehow remove water from a system. With a selling price set by companies with the waste in it, the sustainable company margins are higher.
Using us an example, fresh vegetables pricing contains 50% for moving product from CA, Az and MX. If we grow locallybat the same price as our competitors, we automatically capture the 50% margin.

Sustainable investing has come a long way and is now mainstream. Planning your investments on the basis of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors is impactful and will become the norm in the future.

02/24/2025

Light Emitting diodes (LED) is one of the keys to Indoor Vertical Farming replacing the sun.
The many benefits from LED lighting include:
- Controlling the hours, the spectrum, and the intensity are some
- Plants convert more than 50% of LED lighting into usable energy
- Energy efficient
- Reduction of carbon footprint

LED lighting allows the control of photorespiration and photosynthesis, providing a better 'sleeping' environment for all plant growth. This sleeping environment is the optimal growing condition of the plant, essentially maximizing efficiency.

LED lighting enables year-round growth and unlike the sun, is never blocked by clouds, never changes because of the seasons.

LEDs have a high upfront capital but when understood as a long-term investment makes great business sense.
The high productivity rate of plants grown under LED lighting provides great returns.

The nerdy tech part - LEDs have small light bulbs that light up when electrical current between semiconductors.
Electrons move about equally within the semiconductor, which increases the lifespan of LEDs and maximizes efficiency.

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Read news articles related to GE Vernova, as well as energy industry news about a variety of topics including sustainability, grid solutions, and more.

02/24/2025

This is an Amazing Podcast as it integrates a lot important ideas.

It integrates the Food Supply Chain with Climate chain.

It covers a lot of the problems in the food supply chain caused by Climate Change. For example taste, availability of food.

But the most interesting part is how food can actually be one of the major solutions. Growing food is the best way to do Carbon Capture.

She covers all the new food technologies and how they interact.

The Next Big Idea - FOOD: Can We Taste Climate Change?

02/21/2025

Local Grown Salads' contribution to UN Sustainable Goal 1 Targets
End in all its forms everywhere

1.2 Reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
- Local Grown Salads is committed to being located in Opportunity Zones, which are census tracts in which at least 40 percent of the population has lived in poverty since at least 1980
- Local Grown Salads is committed to paying living wages (currently $18/hr.) and medical benefits

1.4 Ensure that all men and women have ownership and control new technology
- Local Grown Salads is committed to an ESOP program for our employees giving them ownership and participation
- Indoor Vertical Farming is a new sustainable technology that is creating new forms of employment will create other new forms of economic development


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02/21/2025

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