Growise Farms
Nottingham · indoor farm · opening soon

Cut this morning.
On your table tonight.

Growise Farms is a small indoor farm being built in Nottingham. We're putting together a weekly box of our own fresh greens, plus meat, eggs and milk from local farm shops, for households who'd rather eat food that's actually fresh.

Join the waitlist → How it'll work

The box isn't live yet. Joining is free, and when we open it'll be to a small number of Nottingham households first.

Pilot farm · Nottingham Building now
04Microgreens
03Basil
02Spinach
01Butterhead lettuce
NextMore veg as we grow
Grown in Nottingham
No pesticides, by design
Traceable from seed to box
£1 per box to a local cause
Where we are

We'll tell you exactly how far along we are.

Why we started

We started Growise because we were tired of bland supermarket veg, grown far away and picked long before it was ready, just so it could survive the journey.

We believe fresh, local food isn't a luxury. It's part of a healthier, more connected community. So we're building a small farm in Nottingham to grow it properly, and a weekly box to get it to your table while it's still at its best.

Our own farm is only the start. The bigger goal is to bring local farmers in: give small growers one proven way to grow food indoors, year-round, so they can hold their own in a fast-changing agri-tech world instead of being priced out of it. We prove it on our own farm first, then share it, so more farms around Nottingham can grow food for the people around them.

Sai MalliboinaFounder, Growise Farms
What we're actually doing

A short supply chain, and no mystery about where your food came from.

01 / GROWN HERE

Grown in the city

Our greens will be grown indoors in Nottingham, cut fresh and travelling minutes rather than days to reach you.

02 / SOURCED LOCALLY

Meat from farm shops

We don't raise animals, so we'll buy meat, eggs and milk from local Nottingham farm shops rather than an anonymous wholesaler.

03 / KEPT SIMPLE

One box, to start

Built around what our farm grows well and what we can vouch for locally. Nothing shipped in just to bulk it out.

We're trying to make a small but real change in how food gets grown.

Every crop will be monitored around the clock (light, water, nutrients and growing conditions) using the same farm-management system we're building for the farmers who'll join us later. That same data is what makes your box traceable: you'll be able to see when and how your food was grown, because what lands on your plate is also what you're feeding your family.

How it'll work

No payment until you've seen it's real.

We'd rather earn your trust than ask for it, so here's the order things will happen in.

01

Join the waitlist

Free. Tell us your box size and what you'd like in it.

Now
02

Watch it grow

We'll share updates from inside the farm as the first crops go in, so you can see it before you spend anything.

During the first grow
03

Try a starter pack

A small, low-cost trial pack, so you can taste the difference before committing to anything.

Around first harvest
04

Your weekly box

If you like it, choose your size and we deliver to your door each week across Nottingham.

After launch
What we'll grow first

Four crops,
each in its own zone.

We're starting with four crops that grow well indoors and taste noticeably better fresh. More will follow once the farm is running.

01

Butterhead lettuce

Soft, buttery leaves, harvested whole for the box.

02

Spinach

Tender leaf spinach, cut fresh each week.

03

Basil

Grown for flavour and shelf life, not just looks.

04

Microgreens

Ready days after sowing and packed with flavour.

Coming soon

More veg & fruit

Added as the farm grows. Tell us what you'd want on the form.

Bigger than us

Why growing it here matters.

47%
of the fresh vegetables eaten in the UK are imported.
84%
of the fresh fruit eaten in the UK is imported.
9,700km
roughly how far an apple from South Africa travels to reach a UK shelf. Ours travel across Nottingham.

When food travels a long way, prices and supply depend on things far outside anyone's control: fuel costs, weather abroad, shipping delays. Growing more food in cities, close to where it's eaten, is part of how that changes.

We're one small farm. We won't pretend a single pilot changes the national picture. But every local box is one less long journey, and one more pound staying in Nottingham.

To be straight with you: transport is only one part of a food's footprint. How a farm is heated, lit and powered matters too, and we haven't measured our own numbers yet. We will, and we'll publish them. What we can promise today is a short, visible supply chain.

Import figures: UK Food Security Report 2024 (2023 data: 53% of fresh veg and 16% of fresh fruit consumed was UK-grown).

Why it's worth it

Fresher food, and the full story behind it.

Cut close to delivery

Harvested the morning it's delivered, not a week before.

Flavour that shows up

Picked closer to its peak than anything that's had to survive a long journey.

Know where it's from

Our farm for greens, named local farm shops for meat. No anonymous supply chain.

Backs Nottingham

Your money stays local, supporting our farm and the farm shops we buy from.

The boxes

Pick a size that fits your week.

Four planned sizes, greens only or with farm-shop extras. Contents shown are examples and change with what's ready to cut; prices are set once we know our real growing costs.

Starter

A first taste, to try us out

  • Lettuce, spinach, basil & microgreens in small amounts
  • Half-dozen local eggs

Price confirmed at launch

Solo

One person, a week of greens

  • 1 head lettuce
  • 1 bag spinach
  • 1 bunch basil
  • 1 punnet microgreens
  • Eggs or milk, plus a meat pack

Price confirmed at launch

Best for households

Family

A household of 3–4

  • 2 heads lettuce
  • 2 bags spinach
  • Basil & 2 punnets microgreens
  • Eggs, milk & a larger meat pack

Price confirmed at launch

Chef

For keen cooks who go through herbs

  • Larger amounts of everything
  • Extra basil & mixed microgreens
  • Choice of farm-shop cuts

Price confirmed at launch

Planned add-ons: Extra greensExtra meatEggsMilkCheese
Meat, eggs & milk

From farm shops near you, not a wholesaler.

We don't raise animals, so instead of buying meat anonymously we'll buy it from local farm shops around Nottingham. They're the same kind of small producers we're trying to support with everything else we do.

We're talking to farm shops now. Once a partnership is agreed, we'll name them here and on your box, so every item has a real, local source behind it, not just a barcode.

Grown by usLettuce, spinach, basil, microgreens
Sourced locallyMeat, eggs, milk from Nottingham farm shops
Farm shop partnersIn conversation, named once agreed
DeliveryWeekly, Nottingham households
StatusNot live yet, join the waitlist
Waitlist

Be first to get
a box.

We're opening to a small number of Nottingham households first, because a small farm can only grow so much. No payment now. Put your name down and we'll be in touch before launch.

  • First access when the box opens
  • Updates and photos from inside the farm
  • A say in what we grow next
  • No spam, and we never share your details
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Questions

Fair questions, straight answers.

Something else? Email info@growisefarms.co.uk and a real person will reply.

When will the box launch?

Once our first crops are harvested. The first grow cycle takes around three to four weeks from sowing, and we'll open a starter pack to the waitlist around then. Waitlist members hear first, with real dates.

How much will it cost?

We haven't set prices yet, on purpose. They'll depend on what it actually costs us to grow, which we'll only know once the farm is running. We're aiming to be in a similar range to other local veg box schemes.

Where do you deliver?

Nottingham households to start. Pop your postcode on the form so we can plan routes and tell you honestly if you're in range.

What does "no pesticides, by design" mean?

We grow indoors in a sealed, controlled space, without soil and away from the pests that outdoor crops face, so we don't need to spray. We're not certified organic. That's a separate scheme built around soil-based farming.

Does joining the waitlist commit me to anything?

No. It's free, we won't take payment details, and you can ask us to remove you at any time.

What's the £1 per box?

For every box we sell, £1 goes to a local good cause, at no extra cost to you. We'll show where it went each month.

Straight talk

Things we won't pretend about.

We're just starting

This is a pilot. Some of what's on this page is still being built, and we'll keep telling you which is which.

The box isn't live yet

Joining the waitlist costs nothing. It just means we'll email you before launch.

Images are concept renders

The farm photos above show the plan. Real photos replace them as soon as the farm is fitted out.

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