Cooking With Real (Sustainable) Food

Why home cooks love growing their own food

Can you imagine sitting around the dinner table tasting new flavors from herbs you can’t buy at the grocery store? Do you want to find a solution to the soggy cilantro you need to throw out every week? Or a way to stop the waste from the plastic packaging that the cilantro comes in?

Ethical consumers who want a better food future turn to Just Vertical when they want a sustainable solution to the food waste they’re seeing every week in their own fridge. They turn to Just Vertical when they’re motivated to show others how easy it can be to have a real, lasting impact on the food system.

But, most importantly, they turn to Just Vertical when they want to use real, fresh, and flavorful ingredients in their latest home cooking inspirations.

Wondering how folks do this? Let's dive in and learn about some amazing flavors you’ve never tasted before that Just Vertical home chefs are using every day in their recipes.

New flavors

Did you know there are over 200 different kinds of Basil? Didn’t think so!

The reason you’ve only tasted or tried a few of these is that most of these varieties wouldn’t survive the long journey from the field, to the truck, to the grocery store. But just because you can’t find them at the grocery store, doesn’t mean that you can’t ever taste them.

That is where growing your own produce comes in!

We want to introduce you to some of our favorite flavors to grow at home

Wasabi Arugula

This one is amazing. Despite having the delicate appearance of arugula, the flavor of this variety is anything but.

Biting into this your taste buds will be hit first with the fresh flavors of arugula that you would expect. But about 3 seconds later you are going to get an explosion of wasabi flavor out of nowhere!

This intense flavor makes a great compliment to your salads or even as a spicy topping on pizza!

Dinosaur Kale

Kale, the king of trendy health foods. The shining star of juice bars and health nuts around the world.

Well did you know there is more to kale than just the chewy, curly, green leaves you are used to seeing? There are tons of different varieties out there.

Dinosaur kale is one of our favourites with its long leaves. It is popular in Italian cuisine and we can’t wait for it to take its place at the top of the kale food chain in North America!

The best way to grow your own food

With our product, you can offer herbs, vegetables, and flavours you can't get at the grocery store. More fresh, flavourful, and interesting food = more memorable experiences. We’ve seen this time and time again with our customers, whether it is the home chef wowing their kids and partners with fresh aromas, or the executive chef winning new awards with inspired creations using new and novel ingredients.

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I left an extensive review on their Facebook page and they deleted reviews

From day one we had problems with our unit. It arrive damaged and defective. They did replace the unit however it's never worked well. It's never been developed past the R&D phase so it reminds me of a college project. All the parts you can buy at Walmart. We will start 12 seeds - from them - and 3-4 will survive, the rest die or get moldy. Once transfered into the unit half the spots do not get water flow at all and nothing can grow there. We've had 3 leaks and multiple pumps burn out.

Hi J.S.

Sorry to hear you are having issues with your garden, we've made some large improvements to the product over the years since your original purchase. Many of our parts are custom made and custo cast in our production facility.

As a reminder our seeds come with a germination guarantee, if you are struggling to get them to germinate please reach out to support and they can help out.

I have checked and can confirm your review is still live on facebook and hasn't been altered or deleted.

Warranty, what warranty?

Purchased the Eve last year and 6 months into its use one of the bulbs stopped working. We contacted Just Vertical and received an acknowledgement that this type of defect was covered under their warranty. Unfortunately we've been waiting for over 6 months for a replacement bulb and are now being told that we could have to wait for a few more months for a replacement (no replacement bulbs in stock). Getting fed up with the delays we looked for a replacement at our local hydroponic stores but nobody carries a compatible equivalent, Needless to say that this is extremely frustrating and that the unit only works a half capacity.

While the two bulbs were operational the product was great. Nice design and easy to use but the lack of coverage for such an expensive unit is very annoying.

The Eve

Fantastic system, does not take up much space and is easy to maintain. Love having fresh food always on hand