Cinephiles might have a few questions about what Giustino Salzillo and Henry Broeren grow on their new farm.
“If you know, you know,” Salzillo said about the name of Soylent Greens Produce. “We both really like Charlton Heston.”
Suffice to say, the plants they grow at the farm near Ignacio are, in fact, plants.
“Me and my buddy started this farm this year, and we’re doing strictly produce,” Salzillo said. “We had a bunch of land that we needed to use, and so we used it.”
A native Durangoan, Salzillo said both he and Broeren, originally from Evergreen, each have over 15 years of farming experience.
“We’re going to be growing pretty much every nightshade (such as tomatoes, potatoes and eggplants), all the way to every brassica (such as broccoli, cabbage and caulifower),” he said. “It’s just a market farm for the most part. If you can think of it, we’ll probably have it.”
Soylent Green is currently selling plant starts, including flowers, at the beginning of the market season. All of the plants are organic and grown using no-till farming systems, he said.
“We’re here at the (Durango) Farmers Market every Saturday, we’ll be at the Bayfield Market every Tuesday,” Salzillo said. “We stand for just growing fun variety and making sure it’s healthy and, you know, accessible.”
ngonzales@durangoherald.com
