The Original Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living Portal (since 2009)
shipping container farm, Tag
- Local Roots shipping container farms achieve cost parity with traditional farming Thu, 14 Dec 17, 1:29am99 percent less water and 4,000 lettuce heads every 10 days: Los Angeles-based Local Roots achieves all that in their shipping container farms. And today they announced they've also reached cost parity with traditional farming....
- 40-foot shipping container farm can grow 5 acres of food with 97% less water Tue, 11 Jul 17, 8:39pmCommunities that have to ship in fresh food from far away could start getting local produce right from their parking lots or warehouses thanks to Local Roots' shipping container farms...
- China subverts pollution with contained vertical farms - and boosts yield Sat, 27 May 17, 1:55amAround one fifth of arable land in China is contaminated with levels of toxins greater than government standards, according to 2014 data. That's around half the size of California, and it's a growing problem for a country...
- Pop-up shipping container farm puts a full acre of lettuce in your backyard Mon, 27 Jun 16, 2:00amWhat if you'd love to start a farm but you live in the middle of a city with no access to arable land? A new rentable product called the CropBox packs a fully-installed hydroponic greenhouse full of delicious plants inside...
- Freight Farms may be the future of sustainable food Wed, 15 Apr 15, 5:19amFreight Farms enable food production to be managed from anywhere, at anytime. Track air and water quality, monitor crops anytime through live, in-farm cameras and shop for all your growing supplies. The...
- Help support this 1-for-1 aquaponic farm campaign to help the hungry Thu, 22 Jan 15, 7:00amImagine living in a community that doesn’t fear of having to choose between paying for your groceries or paying your electric bill. Imagine there were open-source aquaponic farms widely available throughout each local area,...