Leafy Green Machine – A Smart Farm in a Shipping Container

Smart Farming Technology This is the Leafy Green Machine, a smart farm built inside a shipping container and produced by Freight Farms. This high yield – high production mini farm comes with all sorts of high tech gadgets. The system uses 10 gallons of water per day, 80KwH of electricity per day, and needs about $300 […]

Hydroponic Gardens Go Mainstream at IKEA

This month IKEA announced a new indoor hydroponic garden called KRYDDA/VÄXER . The indoor garden allows you to grow food at home year round. The system requires no soil and is designed with the average person in mind.  Creator, Helena Karlén with Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences said, “The challenge was to make growing plants in a […]