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Veteran’s Creativity Turns A Shipping Container Into A Farm

“I had a plan, or maybe it was more of a dream,” said Brad Fourby, Navy veteran and owner of Leafy Green Farms.

“The moment I saw a shipping container farm is how the idea for my farm started.” Leafy Green Farms is in southeast Kansas, where the population is 20,000 — a big difference from Brad’s hometown of Sacramento, California.

Brad’s decision to move nearly 2,000 miles away was aided by his military experience in strategic planning and resilience. “I knew I didn’t need to win the war today; I just needed to survive the battle” he said. That step-by-step approach has proved helpful as Leafy Green Farms has grown as steadily as their greens since the first seed was planted on July 4, 2021.

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