We’ll All be Gardeners in the Future
Written by Travis Kellerman
…shipping container farms like Local Roots can yield between 2–6 tons of leaf lettuce per shipping container per week while using a fraction of the water to do so. It’s an extremely efficient method that allows fresh produce to be grown anywhere at any time of the year.
Imagine filling a parking lot with these. You’re talking about an entire farm in half a city block. Now that’s innovation.
This is the prophecy of Fight Club without the fight, anarchy, and destruction.
This will be a retro-purposing of land used in a stage of our rapid evolution — when individual freedom was confused with car ownership and suburbia.
Urban gardens are not hipster or privileged places for a select few enthusiasts, they will be the backbone of hub life. Supply chains will change to deliver variety, select nutrient cycling ingredients, and non-local supplements to life.
Hubs are where we live. Communities are where we find identity. Gardens are where we pick vegetables shoulder-to-shoulder — as we need, any time of year.
Norman Rockwell had it wrong.
We need to mix it up. “Freedom From Want” circa 2040 will show a reclaimed ex-parking lot, full of growing plants and evolving people.
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