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43 farm406 at is exactly the game-changing epiphany that struck Montana Fresh owners Keith Horton and Kyle Edwards as they were floating down the Missouri River in tubes one hot summer day in 2019. Keith, a North Carolina native who spent 13 years living on the Hawaiian island of Kauai before he relocated to Great Falls with his wife and young daughter four years ago, said he and Kyle began discussing the produce available in the area and how it generally has to be shipped over long distances before it arrives in Montana stores. "We kind of get what's le," Keith explained. "In the summer, a lot of people have gardens and grow their own, but there's this gap in the off-season." He casually mentioned to Kyle that they would really satisfy a community need if they could find a way to grow produce indoors in order to have a constant, fresh supply available all year long. As luck would have it, Kyle happened to have a 5,000-square-foot warehouse siing completely empty about three miles outside of Great Falls, Keith said. e duo teamed up with fellow co-owner Cale Stevens and began outfiing the newly-minted Montana Fresh indoor grow facility that November. Since growing crops is a venture that takes months to yield results, the team knew they needed to start introducing themselves to the community by enticing customers with a faster-growing, delectable product that was sure to keep them coming back for more. "We wanted to do something that no one else in the area was doing," Keith said. "Something that could make us stand out and make an impact fast." Kyle Edwards and Keith Horton came up with their indoor farming plan while floating down the Missouri River together. It's always springtime at Montana Fresh.

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