Charles Garza, CEO and partner of Harvest Singularity Inc., told city officials the company plans to open its first Florida facility at the City of Newberry AgTech Park.

"We are a company that focuses on agriculture technology, developing and operating 100% controlled environment hydroponic greenhouses," Garza said, describing Harvest Singularity’s model and its stated goal of eliminating pesticide use in the operation. He said the company intends to grow leafy greens — including lettuce, kale and arugula — in the new facility.

Garza said the company plans to build 10 facilities in Florida and is "looking at Newberry, as our first site to develop our first farm." He described the first farms as roughly in the low hundreds of thousands of square feet; the transcript records both "approximately 350,000" and "320,000" square feet as referenced during the remarks.

Regarding resource use, Garza said the controlled-environment approach allows more harvests per year and asserted it can produce the same output with "95% less land" and a substantially reduced water footprint. The transcript contains a garbled phrase on water savings; the company framed the point as large water reductions compared with conventional agriculture.

An unnamed commenter at the meeting praised Harvest Singularity and similar companies as important to regional economic expansion and congratulated the City of Newberry for recognizing the project’s potential. The mayor of Newberry (unnamed in the transcript) said local leaders were "very excited" and that the company would be "opening the doors very soon."

No formal votes, motions or binding commitments appear in the transcript. Company representatives thanked municipal leadership and said they look forward to operating at the AgTech Park in the near future. The presentation did not specify construction timelines, employment estimates, permitting status or confirmed funding sources; those details were not provided in the recorded remarks.