Wouldnāt it be nice if there were such a thing as a farm starter-kit, capable of providing communities with the means to become self-sufficient? Oh, wait. A California-based company has created just that.
The Farm From a Box is an amazing farming toolkit that re-purposes shipping containers to present everything your need to construct your own off-grid farm. With just one of these containers, you will be able to produce one hectare (almost 2.5 acres) worth of crops using the seeds and tools they supply.
The box itself is pre-installed with 10 high-efficiency solar panels, LED lighting, secured storage, a mobile charging area, a water purification system, Wi-Fi and a Trojan Battery bank for energy storage. All of which is backed up by a 3,000-watt generator.
Also included is a solar-powered pump and drip irrigation system that is used to deliver small droplets of water and fertilizer to the plants. Meaning that farmers using this amazing toolkit do not need to depend on rain to tend to their crops. They can grow all the food they can without needing to be concerned about the weather.
āFarm from a Box is the āSwiss-Army knifeā of sustainable farming,ā claimed Brandi DeCarli, co-founder of Farm from a Box. āBased on extensive field research, we found that rural communities often lack the resources and infrastructure needed to access nutritious food. We developed a toolkit that contains all of the core components needed to grow your own food, on a two-acre plot of land, without the need for an existing grid. Imagine the good it can do by growing local, organic food for a school or helping jumpstart food production after a disaster. Farm from a Box enables and empowers communities to provide for themselves.ā
There are currently three types of boxes you can order: the 10, 20 and 30-foot units. Each box can be customized however its owner or community would like, and Fast Company reports that each unit costs between $25,000-$45,000, depending on the technology specs installed.
Just imagine the possible applications of the Farm from a Box. They can range from helping new farmers get started on their crops, to allowing communities or schools to work together and produce local food. It could even be shipped across the world to aid anyone wishing for self-sufficiency. This is a truly wonderful creation.
To learn more about the Farm from a box, visit: "About Farm from a Box", "Trojan Battery offers Farm-from-a-Box system for Remote Locations" or "The 'Farm from a Box' Delivers Modern Agriculture To Places That Need It."
