US (IA): Davenport may get its own vertical farm
Friday's Fresh Market operation is in a 40-foot, insulated shipping container according to the Quad-City Times. Local farm owner and manufacturing consultant Andrew Freitag said the container is one of the models his company uses to promote sustainable farming practices.
The company and the Davenport Levee Commission are discussing the proposal. Commission executive director Steve Ahrens said there are many details to be worked out before any plan could come to fruition.
According to Freitag, the shipping container uses an LED lighting system as well as 90 percent less water and 50 percent less nutrients than traditional farming methods.
Freitag has operated another growing operation in Davenport for the past year and a half, and supplies fresh crops to multiple organizations.
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