A forthcoming Whole Foods Market in Lynnfield, Mass., will offer a first: “rooftop produce” picked from a field atop the store. The store will sell such vegetables and spices
as tomatoes, carrots, kale, chard, marjoram, basil, and tarragon grown in over 300 tons of soil in a rooftop planter installed over the last several weeks. The 17,000-square-foot
space—considerably more than a quarter acre—is expected to yield 10,000 to 11,000 pounds of produce a year.
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