London’s First Shipping Container Farm Grows Tilapia and Salad Greens
25/06/2013
GrowUp’s Kickstarter-funded aquaponic farm is a circular ecosystem with 150 fish, all self-contained in a box Visit the (...)
GrowUp’s Kickstarter-funded is a circular ecosystem with 150 fish, all self-contained in a box Visit the Marlborough Playground in London this summer and you’ll see more than the vast expanse of blacktop that’s usually there. A modified, upcycled shipping container with a greenhouse on top--dubbed the GrowUpBox--is producing both fresh vegetables and fresh fish, all in one compact set-up. GrowUp founders Kate Hofman and Tom Webster built theKickstarter-funded to demonstrate the possibilities of farming--where wastewater from tanks is turned into nutrients (with a little help from microbacteria) that fertilize plants, which in turn purify the water. In the end, the purified water is sent back to the and the process starts all over again.Read Full Story