An indoor urban farm is producing fresh produce in the unlikeliest of places: In the back of a parking lot in Brooklyn. The urban farm consists of ten repurposed shipping containers equipped with vertical hydroponic growing systems and LED lights that allow the climate inside the container to be controlled in order to efficiently grow fresh, leafy greens. Each container is maintained by an “entrepreneurial farmer” who grows around 20 pounds of non-GMO produce each week and sells it to customers in New York City. The company behind the operation, Square Roots, plans to create more urban farms in cities across America.
These repurposed shipping containers are growing fresh produce in Brooklyn
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