Chefs in Wheat Ridge’s Italian restaurants will soon have the next best thing to cooking with tomatoes grown right outside their doors. By June, they should be able to buy tomatoes grown in a greenhouse at 44th Avenue and Yarrow Street. The first crop should be ready to pick in about six weeks and will be harvested on the vine. Varieties being grown at the greenhouse include three kinds of heirloom tomatoes, Beefsteaks and San Marzanos — a type of plum tomato favored by cooks for making the best-flavored tomato sauce. “Their eyes are just going to light up,” said Rich Naha, CEO of Circle Fresh Farms, which is leasing the greenhouse that used to produce carnations. Circle Fresh Farms was established in Denver in 2011. It is a network of farms, including independent growers that partner with the company, along the Front Range that grow and market produce in a 400-mile radius of Denver. Crystal Farms staff provide partners with advice and help to build or retrofit gr...
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