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for Farm 2 to be located at 3030 Bowers St., which
will contain 350 modules and an expected harvest of
4.4 million plantings a year. Second Chances Farm
provides kale, lettuce, arugula, basil, bok choy, Swiss
chard, cilantro, dill, parsley, sorrel and leaf broccoli.
The company has received $1.5 million from a pri-
vate investor group to fund the second facility. Ac-
cording to founder Ajit George, “We never thought
we wanted to open to the general public but we had
so many private individuals who wanted to be part of
Second Chance, we are now offering investments as
low as $500 for a tiny piece of the company.”
Originally established to provide bulk sales to restau-
rant groups and grocery stores, it was planned to
open for business on March 16, 2020. However, on
that day Governor John Carney closed restaurants
amid the COVID-pandemic. Faced with customers
who were closed for business, they changed their
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business plan to home delivery
to customers. “We pivited 100%
from the restaurant to farm-to-
table, and now restaurants are
slowly coming back and we are
preparing for a more business
through our affiliation with Ken-
ny Family of ShopRites.” Second
Chances Farm has contracted
with the six-store grocery chain to
begin selling produce in August,
starting with basil.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has ac-
tually helped grow our company.
There is a tremendous demand for
locally grown food because the
rality is the food supply that is dis-
rupted is coming from California.
But if it’s local, it’s not disrupted,”
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