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1/30/2018 |
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'Freight Farms' in Northwest Arkansas reflect hydroponic, urban farming trends |
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By Jennifer Joyner
TBP
More than 12,700 heads of lettuce in two years have been harvested from the University of Arkansas Freight Farm, a hydroponic vegetable farm contained in a 40 foot long freight shipping container.
UA is one of several Arkansas organizations that have purchased a 'farm-in-a-box' product from the Boston-based startup Freight Farms, which makes its units with "upcycled" materials, according to its website. The site says there are now Freight Farms in 30 states and nine countries.
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