Growing Kale in a Shipping Container

CBS reports on Harlem Grown – an organization that seeks to harvest fresh food for families facing hard times. The 11 year old organization is trying an experimental farm in a shipping container, here in Harlem

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/harlem-grown-shipping-container-grow-house/

“The average head of lettuce in the U.S. is traveling 2,500, 3,000 miles. This one’s traveling 25 feet,” said Frank Sharp, principal technical leader at the national nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute, which oversees 20 such sites across the country.

The New York Power Authority is paying for the $250,000 project.

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