Three years of sales data now sit behind the retail partnerships of Potager Farm, the vertical farming venture backed by Greenman OPEN, and a pattern has emerged that repeats with striking consistency: demand dips every summer, right around the school holidays, before climbing back through autumn and building toward a stronger spring.
It shows up in 2024. It shows up again in 2025. And it's al
Potager Farm has cut production time across its core products by 8–15% – and because time under grow-lights and irrigation drives resource use directly, that same reduction carries through to energy, water and fertiliser use per unit grown.
The business has also broadened well beyond its original core products. It is producing on a large on-demand scale flowering plants in pots, ex
OPEN is more than a grocery real estate fund. While our core portfolio is anchored by some of Germany’s strongest retailers, our strategy reaches further. We invest across four connected zones: Real Estate, Utilities, Resources, and Networks. Each zone plays a role in strengthening our assets, unlocking new revenue, and staying ahead of where the market is going. Together, they build income that l
As Q1 2024 wraps up, Greenman OPEN continues to excel, marking the 10th consecutive quarter of like-for-like NAV uplift—a notable increase of +0.26%. The first quarter has demonstrated significant progress across all investment zones, highlighting our strategic vision.
Real EstateOur real estate sector has been active in Q1 with a series of sale and leaseback deals and framework agreements. The
The partnership marks Potager Farm’s entry into online retail through Knuspr’s platform.
[Berlin]: Potager Farm, a Berlin-based vertical farming company, has teamed up with Knuspr, a leading online supermarket offering a wide selection of around 19,000 products for weekly shopping – from supermarket items and drugstore products to pet food and pharmacy supplies. Knuspr is particularly known for
