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Lorenzen Family Produce gleans from garden year-round in geo-air greenhouse

Kristen Sindelar
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023

Lorenzen family produce 1.jpg — The geo-air greenhouse as Lorenzen Family Produce near Wakefield, Neb., is 132 feet long total, with the grow room measuring 120 feet.
Submitted photo courtesy of Lorenzen Family Produce

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Tantalizing red tomatoes. Crispy, fresh lettuce leaves. Artichoke globes larger than your fist. Bright, yellow lemons plump with juice.

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Lorenzen family produce 2.jpg — Ryan Lorenzen, right, learned about Russ Finch, left, and his geo-air greenhouse in 2018. Finch designed and built the original geo-air greenhouse in 1992. Allen Bright, center, has taken over the business and continues to sell geo-air greenhouse kits.
Submitted photo courtesy of Lorenzen Family Produce

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Lorenzen family produce 3.jpg — The inside of Lorenzen’s geo-air greenhouse is dug at different levels to accommodate all sizes of trees, fruits, houseplants and vegetables.
Submitted photo

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Lorenzen family produce 4.jpg — To heat the geo-air greenhouse when the temperature inside reaches 50 F, air circulates through a series of field tile buried underground.
Submitted photo

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Lorenzen family produce 5.jpg — Ryan Lorenzen likes to experiment growing different plants in his greenhouse.
Submitted photo

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Lorenzen family produce 6.jpg — The Meyer lemon tree is the “quintessential tree” at Lorenzen Family Produce. It produces large, juicy lemons.
Submitted photo

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Lorenzen family produce 7.jpg — Passion fruit blossoms greet you when you first enter the grow room of the Lorenzen geo-air greenhouse.
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Reporter Kristen Sindelar has loved agriculture her entire life, coming from a diversified farm with three generations working side-by-side in northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at Kristen.Sindelar@midwestmessenger.com.