You might not expect to see farm-fresh lettuce during winter in Alaska, but it may soon become a familiar sight. Alaska Public Media reported on the pioneering indoor farmers growing produce year-round.
Several farmers on the Kenai Peninsula have turned to hydroponics as a solution for growing fresh produce, many of them doing so inside converted shipping containers. Hundreds of pounds can be harvested weekly regardless of snow and freezing temperatures.
"The advantage of growing indoors, in a container like we have, is that we can control the environment," said Henry Krull, owner of fresh365, a farm housed inside custom-built insulated shipping containers. Its vertical growing towers produce greens, herbs, and gourmet mushrooms.
"We can grow no matter what's going on outside. It can be 30 below outside, but it's always 70 degrees or so inside," Krull told Alaska Public Media.
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