Sundrop Farms is a developer, owner, and operator of high tech greenhouse facilities that rely on nature’s abundance of sunlight and saltwater to produce high-value crops.

Founded by Philipp Saumweber in 2009, the business has developed an innovative model that decouples food production from finite resources to produce high-value crops in non-traditional locations that typically have little or no access to arable land, fresh water sources and grid electricity.

In 2016, Sundrop Farms will open its first fully operational state-of-the-art greenhouse facility in Port Augusta, South Australia. The site will include four 5ha controlled greenhouses, a desalination plant and solar field comprising of a 115 metre high tower and more than 23,000 mirrors reflecting the sun’s energy.

Currently under development, the 20 hectare site will be the first of its kind globally, employing approximately 175 people and producing more than 17,000 tonnes of tomatoes annually using solar power, seawater and natural pest management.

Global private equity firm, KKR partnered with Sundrop Farms in 2014, investing more than $100 million to expand the initial four-year pilot project in the region. Soon after, Sundrop secured an unprecedented ten year contract to supply Coles supermarkets with truss tomatoes nationally.

Sundrop Farms has offices in London and Adelaide where it has assembled a diverse and experienced team of engineers, technical experts and growers from around the world.

Given growing global population and pressure on our planet’s finite resources, Sundrop Farms plans to expand its innovative agribusiness model into the future as part of its mission to benefit people, planet and profits.

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