If the holiday time of year has teach us anything , it ’s that you could fit just about anything in a box — scarves , Power Rangers , grandma ’s favourite toffee . Now , SmithsonianMagazine reports , two agrarian entrepreneur are put an entire two - acre farm “ in a loge . ”
By “ corner , ” they really think of a limited merchant vessels container . But Brandi DeCarli and Scott Thompson promise everything you need to work up a sustainable farm in one $ 50,000 toolkit with their new venture , Farm From a Box .
The conceptoriginated in 2009 , when DeCarli and Thompson were working on a younker center in Kisumu , Kenya . The expression hollo for several shipping containers to be placed around a soccer arena , which house items and services design to further the education and health of local tike . Inspired , DeCarli and Thompson wondered if they could retroflex this scheme to assist communities hike up their food yield .
Now , one Farm From a Box epitome ( known as “ Adam ” ) can be found at aschoolin Sonoma County , California — and the company is set to flesh out into West Sacramento and Virginia next .
So what do communities get when they place up this box ? It ’s not source and excavator . As DeCarli toldSmithsonianMagazine , the contents “ can be narrowed down to an off - control grid power system , a all over weewee system with a solar - powered pump and drip irrigation system , and connectivity . ” There ’s also a preparation curriculum that comes with the container , and customer have the option to add items that are essential to their area , like a water purification system or inner cold storage to keep produce refreshful .
Of naturally , those extras constituent into Farm From a Box ’s normal price range of $ 50,000 to $ 60,000 . But that cost may modify as DeCarli and Thompson stay on to try out with humble models — which would be idealistic for urban farm or refugee camps — in the new year .
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