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ipping containers about the size of a standard one-car garage, can produce the same amount of crops as two acres of outdoor farmland with a fraction of the water usage (ie.,10 gallons of recycled water a day). Powered by LED lights systems are now being transitioned to on site solar power systems.
Computers and sensors in the growing beds, help monitor everything from oxygen level to the humidity, and if the crop needs a particular tropical or northeastern climate, the farmer can control that too.
This is what smart local, fresh, healthy, low environmental impact food looks like. See Kimbal Musk is running a shipping container farm compound in New York City:
“Square Roots hopes to expand to 20 cities by 2020. “Today’s consumer wants to know they are supporting companies that are doing something good for the world,” Peggs said. “This not just a Brooklyn foodie trend.”
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