{"id":130429,"date":"2021-11-11T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T00:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/aquaponic-farms-in-shipping-containers-the-future-of-food-challengers"},"modified":"2021-11-11T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T00:58:58","slug":"aquaponic-farms-in-shipping-containers-the-future-of-food-challengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/aquaponic-farms-in-shipping-containers-the-future-of-food-challengers","title":{"rendered":"Aquaponic farms in shipping containers: The future of food? | Challengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IVPDfnH39sg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mike straight, founder &amp; CEO of farmpod.<\/p>\n<p>Up next \u25ba\u25ba Vertical farms could take over the world <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J4SaSfnHK3I\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/J4SaSfnHK3I<\/a> Instead of shipping food all around the world, imagine your own food coming from your farm in a shipping container, just outside your backdoor. That\u2019s the vision of FarmPod, a St. Croix-based startup looking to completely redefine our relationship with food with a fully automated vertical aquaponic system. This self-contained, solar powered farming method uses a fraction of the water and space of a traditional farm, and even uses zero pesticides. The closed loop system essentially mimics nature\u2019s ecosystems, like a pond. Lettuce, strawberries, kale, collard greens and more can grow in the pod. And, since the produce doesn\u2019t need to be picked early to be shipped to a grocery store, the owner can enjoy their harvest at its peak nutritional value and taste. Produce isn\u2019t all \u2014 FarmPod can provide an aquaponic home for tilapia, catfish, crayfish, koi, and freshwater prawns. FarmPod uses automated software and hardware to make their pod\u2019s aquaponics system as easy to run as possible. Mike Straight, the creator and CEO of FarmPod, wants to provide a healthy, hyper-localized source of food with a minimal carbon footprint. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to feed the world one pod at a time by hyper-localizing farming, and taking the farm and putting it right in front of the place that needs to use it,\u201d says Straight. Read the full story here \u25ba\u25ba<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/challengers\/aquaponics\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/challengers\/aquaponics<\/a> \u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0Read more of our stories on aquaponics and sustainable farming:<br \/> Vertical farms could take over the world.<br \/> \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/hard-reset?media_id=avWfzm8Q\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/hard-reset?media_id=avWfzm8Q<\/a><br \/> How vertical farming can save the planet and feed the world.<br \/> \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/make-it-count?media_id=bEIXKavd\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/series\/make-it-count?media_id=bEIXKavd<\/a>.<br \/> New startup takes vertical farming underground \u2014 literally.<br \/> \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/environment\/underground-farm\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/environment\/underground-farm<\/a> \u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0\u25e0About Freethink.<br \/> No politics, no gossip, no cynics. At Freethink, we believe the daily news should inspire people to build a better world. While most media is fueled by toxic politics and negativity, we focus on solutions: the smartest people, the biggest ideas, and the most ground breaking technology shaping our future.\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1\u25e1Watch our original series:<br \/> \u25ba Hard Reset: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-hard-reset\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-hard-reset<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Just Might Work: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-just-might-work\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-just-might-work<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Challengers: <a href=\"https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-challengers\">https:\/\/freeth.ink\/youtube-challengers<\/a> Enjoy Freethink on your favorite platforms:<br \/> \u25ba Daily editorial features: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freethink.com\">http:\/\/www.freethink.com<\/a><br \/> \u25ba Solutions-based stories, straight to your inbox: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/subscribe\">https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/subscribe<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freethinkmedia\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/freethinkmedia<\/a><br \/> \u25ba Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freethink\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freethink<\/a><br \/> \u25ba Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freethinkmedia\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/freethinkmedia<\/a><br \/> \u25ba Join the Freethink form: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/freethinkforum\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/freethinkforum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike straight, founder &amp; CEO of farmpod. Up next \u25ba\u25ba Vertical farms could take over the world https:\/\/youtu.be\/J4SaSfnHK3I Instead of shipping food all around the world, imagine your own food coming from your farm in a shipping container, just outside your backdoor. That\u2019s the vision of FarmPod, a St. Croix-based startup looking to completely redefine [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,6,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-robotics-ai","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}