Shipping Container Farms: Check Out This Craze in Modified Containers
Greenhouses, hydroponics and growing mushrooms – we take a look at some of the possibilities that come with shipping container farms.
Droughts and Soil Erosion – Could Shipping Container Farms Save Us?
A new shipping container farm has opened in Brisbane, supplying local businesses with herbs and vegetables that may otherwise have had to be imported from far away. The farm owner went into container farming due to drought on his own land. With our ever less predictable climate, there’s a risk that what arable topsoil we…
Food For Thought: Shipping Container Urban Farms
With the development of hydroponics and vertical indoor farming, it has become possible to use shipping containers to grow food. One 40ft shipping container can produce a similar amount of food to a five acre farm! New developments in the system mean that you could even produce fish, giving you protein to eat as well. The…