Two years after opening, Berlin hydroponic greenhouse hits auction block

By: Maureen Milliken

Outlets: Manchester InkLink

Published: October 27, 2026

Words: 1,013

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago


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BERLIN, NH – When North Country Growers got a $25 million federal grant to build a hydroponic lettuce and tomato greenhouse on 168 acres of city land, Berlin celebrated it as a needed economic savior.

It took seven years after the grant was awarded in 2017, including an act by the state Legislature, for the company to ramp up operations.

A little more than two years after it opened, the business is closed, its property available …

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