No more polluted veggies

This company is part of Executive’s Top 20 in science and technology. Read more stories of our special report on entrepreneurship in Lebanon, as they’re published here.   Eco Industries Roy Debbas Farid Mechaka Inaam Debbas   Industry: Agriculture Tech Year of incorporation: 2011 Employees: Three Board of directors: Yes, five members Founders/shareholders: Roy Debbas, others from the Debbas and Mechaka families and other silent partners   With vegetables in Lebanon known to be grown in sometimes suspect conditions, the average vegetable buyer can only guess what toxins that gleaming cucumber or tomato on the store shelf may have been exposed to — from the use of dirty water for irrigation to growing in polluted lands. To solve the problem of polluted veggies, Eco Industries is deploying new technologies such as hydroponics, vertical farming and environmental control. Environmental control