Want your own farm? This one comes in a shipping container

Sep 30, 2021 at 07:52 AM CST
Shipping containers haul food, sure. But increasingly, they grow it, too. Just 5 gallons of water per day and the right amount of LED lighting, carbon dioxide, nutrients and humidity can yield bountiful harvests in shipping container farms — no pesticides or herbicides needed. But could growing sustainable, pesticide-free food in a dimly lighted shipping container actually be profitable? The early signs are promising. What started out as an idea to use controlled environment technology to grow fresh produce in small spaces has grown to a community of more than 400 Freight Farms containers around the world. Freight Farms uses hydroponics and the vertical space available in the 40-foot shipping containers to grow food.

Sep 30, 2021 at 07:52 AM CST

Shipping containers haul food, sure. But increasingly, they grow it, too. Just 5 gallons of water per day and the right amount of LED lighting, carbon dioxide, nutrients and humidity can yield bountiful harvests in shipping container farms — no pesticides or herbicides needed. But could growing sustainable, pesticide-free food in a dimly lighted shipping container actually be profitable? The early signs are promising. What started out as an idea to use controlled environment technology to grow fresh produce in small spaces has grown to a community of more than 400 Freight Farms containers around the world. Freight Farms uses hydroponics and the vertical space available in the 40-foot shipping containers to grow food.