Engineered to overcome challenges experienced by traditional agriculture production, such as extreme weather conditions, pests, short growing seasons, and environmental limitations, container farms hold the potential to grow food in regions where traditional farming is faced with uncompromising limitations.
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The introduction of container farming to extreme weather areas, non-arable land, and dense urban environments, makes optimal use of limited resources:
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The ideal growing conditions within a container farm provide protection from weather and climate threats, including drought, heat waves, freezes, hurricanes, and floods. |
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A container farm can produce more food per-square-foot (by weight) than traditional agriculture methods. A single 20 foot vertical container farm can grow the equivalent of 2.5 acres of fresh produce annually. |
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While the most common type of agriculture grown in shipping containers is crop farming - which includes up to 500 crop varieties, there are several options for non-plant agriculture, like fish and insects. |
“When compared to other indoor farm options, modular container farms are one of the most flexible and easy-to-start solutions.”
- Maya Nikolovski, Growcer Modular Food Solutions