Wellstar Farm

WellFarm, a vertical hydroponic farm at Wellstar’s headquarters, is the hospital group’s latest effort to improve their community through sustainability. The farm is housed in a 40-foot upcycled shipping container and has the capacity to produce over 200 pounds of produce each week. They launched an event in Fall 2024 for their team members and leaders to see the new Catalyst by Wellstar initiative, meet the WellFarmer Patrick John and sample some food with fresh ingredients from the hydroponic farm. Watch this video featuring the WellFarm program launch.

CommonSpirit

CommonSpirit is in the final stages of launching a container farm program based at the National Western Center in Denver. The NWC is adjacent to the Globeville-Swansea-Elyria area, an underserved part of Denver that struggles with access to healthy food. The produce grown in this container farm will be donated or sold in that community at a heavily discounted price, and the farm will be run by young adults as part of a workforce development program.