A New Way of Growing
Samuel and John Mark Sawyer turned their family's old produce warehouse in downtown Anniston into a 6,000-square-foot hydroponic urban farm growing 24,000 heads of lettuce and 300 pounds of gourmet mushrooms a week. They supply over 35,000 students through the Alabama Farm to School Program and sell wellness products from their storefront on Wilmer Avenue. Samuel also runs Chaha Outdoors, an outdoor wellness initiative for the Calhoun County community.