Alex Pate is the farm manager of Square Roots Brooklyn. Alex talks about Square Roots and their mission to grow food in the city with technology-based agriculture, using container units fitted out to maximize limited amounts of space.
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Squeezing acres of farmland into a 40-foot shipping container
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Other news in this sector:
- 2023-05-26 US (FL): Container farm provides green dividend to hospital
- 2023-05-10 US (NV): MGM-funded ‘urban farm’ addresses food insecurity in Historic Westside
- 2023-05-08 US (NC): Produce Purpose signs contract with William Peace University
- 2023-05-04 US (NC): William Peace University soon home to container farm on campus
- 2023-04-26 US (IA): "If you are not comfortable out selling to people, it's going to be rough for you"
- 2023-04-19 Chinese experts help BRI countries grow vegetables in desert
- 2023-04-18 US (MA): Container farm pilot shows promising signs
- 2023-04-14 US (DE): Italian restaurant collaborates with container farm for its basil
- 2023-04-11 US (CO): St. Vrain Valley School District receives $100,000 grant for sky garden
- 2023-04-05 US (OK): Tulsa container farm operator believes music boosts plant growth
- 2023-04-03 From Lisbon to the rest of the world: Expanding a vertical farming franchise network
- 2023-03-24 Latvia: “Container farms are everything you need, modular and affordable”
- 2023-03-23 Cayman Islands: Solar-powered container farm faces regulatory hurdles
- 2023-03-22 US (NV): First seedlings begin to sprout at Historic Westside urban farm
- 2023-02-24 Living lab advancing food sovereignty for rural Indigenous communities
- 2023-02-22 Minister Josephine Connolly visits Primitive Greens Farm in Cayman Islands
- 2023-02-14 Canada: How the Growcer has 50 vertical farms in place
- 2023-02-14 US (VA): Couple supplies range of greens to Winchester using two container farms
- 2023-02-13 UK: British-grown samphire can now be served year-round thanks to indoor ‘water’ farm
- 2023-02-13 From shipping containers to table: bringing mushroom farms to the US
