The community farm’s headquarters is located in West L.A. in a similarly space-saving location – inside a shipping container at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. “It’s pretty remarkable. It’s the equivalent of two and a half acres of outdoor production inside one shipping container, using about 90% less water and 95% less land,” Levy said.

Freight farming has many benefits compared to traditional farming, especially in cities. These small, self-contained units can be placed in various locations like parking lots and rooftops, making them versatile for urban agriculture.

In February, Route 1 will place its first Freight Farm in the rural community of Loretto, population 650. It will be the first Black-owned freight farm in Minnesota.  “It allows the farmer..to take these farms and really place them wherever the need exists,” Carpenter told the Daily Yonder

The future of farming is here. High-tech indoor vertical farms are sprouting up beneath our city buildings and taking over unused CBD real estate. Just a chip’s throw from Crown Casino in Melbourne’s Southbank, a former BMW showroom has been transformed into a productive farm