Last summer, when we announced our plan to produce the USA Pavilion at Expo Milano, the first world's fair that's all about food, we had a only a few digital renderings to illustrate our vision for this monumental project. Now, with just ten days to go until opening day, we're excited to share what is perhaps our favorite dispatch from the physical site: the construction of our vertical garden. In the photo below, cherry pickers install state-of-the-art ZipGrow™ towers from Bright Agrotech, a Wyoming-based company that builds vertical gardening products. Our 7,200-foot farm will grow 42 different varieties of vegetables, grains, and herbs. You can see a photo of a completed section on USA Pavilion's official Instagram page.
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Anna Mowry is senior editor manager at the James Beard Foundation. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.
